Woody Allen and wife Soon-Yi Previn make rare public outing to watch Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway debut

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn were seen making a rare public outing in New York City on Monday as they stepped out to catch a Broadway play. 

The “Annie Hall” director, 88, and his wife, 53, were spotted outside the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The pair were at the theater to attend the opening night of the new play “McNeal,” starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut.

The story of a novelist perpetually in search of a Nobel Prize who confronts the power of AI, “McNeal” stars Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles and Saisha Talwar. 

Other celebrities were on hand to witness Downey’s first night on The Great White Way, including Jason Bateman, Justin Theroux, Will Arnett, Paul Rudd and Matt Damon.

Allen and Previn were last photographed in NYC on April 24 as they took a stroll. 

The couple’s relationship has long been a source of shock and scandal. 

The couple’s relationship has long been a source of shock and scandal. 

Soon-Yi Previn was adopted by Allen’s ex, Mia Farrow, while married to her then-husband André Previn in the 1970s. Soon-Yi was about seven years old at the time. 

Farrow and Allen began dating soon after. Though they never married, the pair had a son, journalist Ronan Farrow, in 1987, and Allen adopted two of Farrow’s adopted children, Dylan and Moses, in 1991. The director reportedly began an affair with then-21-year-old Previn that same year. 

Farrow and Allen’s relationship fell apart in 1992 when she discovered naked photos of Previn in the filmmaker’s apartment. That same year, Allen was accused of sexually abusing his 7-year-old adopted daughter Dylan (which Allen denies). After being sued by Farrow for custody of Dylan, Moses and Roman, he announced his relationship with Previn.

Previn and Allen married in December 1997 and share two adopted daughters, Bechet, 25, and Manzie, 24. 

The family of four attended the Venice Film Festival in September 2023, walking the red carpet at the premiere of Allen’s movie “Coup de Chance.” His attendance at the festival sparked controversy. 

Dylan reignited the conversation surrounding her accusations against her adopted father in 2014 when she made her first public comments about the alleged 1992 incident. In 2021, she participated in an HBO documentary, “Allen v. Farrow.” 

Allen has consistently denied Dylan’s sexual assault allegations. In 2021, he labeled the accusations “preposterous.”