Danielle Ferland

Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Mira Sorvino  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  F. Murray Abraham

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Mira Sorvino  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  F. Murray Abraham

Radio Days (1987)

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The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Mia Farrow  •  Woody Allen  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Larry David

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Mia Farrow  •  Woody Allen  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Larry David

Sam the Man (2001)

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Winick
CAST:  Fisher Stevens  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Alex Porter  •  Marin Hinkle

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Winick
CAST:  Fisher Stevens  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Alex Porter  •  Marin Hinkle

Into the Woods (1991)

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Bernadette Peters  •  Chip Zien  •  Joanna Gleason  •  Tom Aldredge

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Bernadette Peters  •  Chip Zien  •  Joanna Gleason  •  Tom Aldredge

Wonder Wheel (2017)

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Juno Temple  •  Justin Timberlake  •  Jim Belushi

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Juno Temple  •  Justin Timberlake  •  Jim Belushi

The Normal Heart (2014)

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The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Jim Parsons  •  Matt Bomer  •  Julia Roberts

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Jim Parsons  •  Matt Bomer  •  Julia Roberts

Earthly Possessions (1999)

A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to the young robber.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Susan Sarandon  •  Stephen Dorff  •  Margo Martindale  •  Boyd Gaines

A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to the young robber.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Susan Sarandon  •  Stephen Dorff  •  Margo Martindale  •  Boyd Gaines

Slippery Slope (2006)

A cash strapped feminist filmmaker secretly takes a job directing a porn film in order to get her thesis film, "Feminism For Dummies" out of the lab. Soon, her own slumbering sexuality is awakened in surprising ways. This arouses the suspicion of her politically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarah Schenck
CAST:  Kelly Hutchinson  •  Jim True-Frost  •  Laila Robins  •  Wes Ramsey

A cash strapped feminist filmmaker secretly takes a job directing a porn film in order to get her thesis film, "Feminism For Dummies" out of the lab. Soon, her own slumbering sexuality is awakened in surprising ways. This arouses the suspicion of her politically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarah Schenck
CAST:  Kelly Hutchinson  •  Jim True-Frost  •  Laila Robins  •  Wes Ramsey

Diane (2019)

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kent Jones
CAST:  Mary Kay Place  •  Jake Lacy  •  Estelle Parsons  •  Andrea Martin

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kent Jones
CAST:  Mary Kay Place  •  Jake Lacy  •  Estelle Parsons  •  Andrea Martin

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music (1990)

A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Sally Ann Howes  •  George Lee Andrews  •  Regina Resnik  •  Danielle Ferland

A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Sally Ann Howes  •  George Lee Andrews  •  Regina Resnik  •  Danielle Ferland

The History of Glamour (1999)

The story of rock'n'roll singer Charles Valentine, who came from small-town Ohio and conquered New York. Charles' own narration is interspersed with interviews to people who know her — her friend Sarah, her brother Loren, her manager and more. Beauty, talent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theresa Duncan
CAST:  Shannon Burkett  •  Danielle Ferland  •  Jerry Grayson  •  Cotter Smith

The story of rock'n'roll singer Charles Valentine, who came from small-town Ohio and conquered New York. Charles' own narration is interspersed with interviews to people who know her — her friend Sarah, her brother Loren, her manager and more. Beauty, talent, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theresa Duncan
CAST:  Shannon Burkett  •  Danielle Ferland  •  Jerry Grayson  •  Cotter Smith

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)

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On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lin-Manuel Miranda
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  Alexandra Shipp  •  Vanessa Hudgens  •  Robin de Jesús

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lin-Manuel Miranda
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  Alexandra Shipp  •  Vanessa Hudgens  •  Robin de Jesús