Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical - 2014 Broadway History , Info & More
St. James Theatre (Broadway)
246 West 44th St. New York, NY
A playwright who needs someone to back his next show. A mobster who needs some way to please his showgirl girlfriend.
This could be the start of a beautiful friendship - or a brand new musical comedy!
Based on the screenplay of the acclaimed film, Bullets Over Broadway brings the talents of Woody Allen and Susan Stroman together for the first time.
Loaded with big laughs, colorful characters, and the songs that made the 20s roar, Bullets Over Broadway is ready to bring musical comedy back with a bang.
Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical - 2014 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
'Bullets Over Broadway' is mildly entertaining but not a blockbuster
5 / 10
In an ideal universe, the new musical 'Bullets Over Broadway,' based on the 1994 Woody Allen film, would shut down for a few months so that a talented songwriter - perhaps David Yazbek ('Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' or the young team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ('A Christmas Story') - could pen an original score for it. To its credit, 'Bullets Over Broadway' is mildly entertaining...Although the show contains flashy design elements, amusing one-liners and generally decent performances, the decision to use jazz standards from the 1920s and 1930s instead of an original, well-integrated score proves to be absolutely fatal. By pigeonholing these familiar tunes into the existing plot, they arrive randomly and have almost nothing to do with the characters or plot...Zach Braff works too hard at portraying the stressed-out playwright. His singing voice is pretty thin as well. On the other hand, Marin Mazzie is ideally cast as the grandly theatrical Sinclair, and Vincent Pastore of 'The Sopranos' is effortlessly effective as Valenti.
Bullets Over Broadway, St James Theatre, New York – review
9 / 10
'They go wild, simply wild, over me,' sings Helen Sinclair, an ageing diva, in a deluded attempt to persuade David Shayne, a fledgling playwright, of her enduring appeal. Sinclair, portrayed by the wonderfully self-assured Marin Mazzie, is one of the reasons to see Bullets Over Broadway, the new musical birthed by Woody Allen from his 1994 movie of the same title. The Broadway show makes a Sinclair-sized effort to persuade us of the value of early-20th-century songs shoehorned into a 1929 setting. The attempt is intermittently enjoyable, extremely well crafted by the director/choreographer Susan Stroman, and progressively unthrilling.
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Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Tiger Rag
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
Taint's a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast
The Hot Dog Song
They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me
Up a Lazy River
I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Let's Misbehave
There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway
(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You
Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man
'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
Runnin' Wild
There's a New Day Comin'!
There'll Be Some Changes Made
I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
I've Found a New Baby
The Panic is On
She's Funny That Way
Final (Yes, We Have No Bananas)
Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical History
Other Productions of Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
| 2014 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2015 | US Tour |
Non-Equity National Tour US Tour |
Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Susan Stroman |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | William Ivey Long |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Susan Stroman |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nick Cordero |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Peter Hylenski |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Nick Cordero |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Zach Braff |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Susan Stroman |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | William Ivey Long |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Nick Cordero |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Marin Mazzie |
| 2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Nick Cordero |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Woody Allen |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Susan Stroman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | William Ivey Long |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jeremiah J. Harris |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Doug Besterman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Nick Cordero |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Santo Loquasto |
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