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South Orange Performing Arts Center Presents FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, 2/6

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South Orange Performing Arts Center presents Forbidden Broadway on Saturday, February 6 at 8pm.

Forbidden Broadway is a collection of musical parodies of Broadway shows hatched by Gerard Alessandrini. With its first appearance in New York’s Upper West Side in 1982, Forbidden Broadway is now New York’s longest running musical comedy revue. It is updated regularly, sparking repeat views of the performance by theatergoers looking for even more laughs. Apart from its parodies, Forbidden Broadway also provides an entertaining informal history of American musical theater. It has also stood as a showcase for then-unknown actors who have since gone on to star in Broadway, as well as in movies and television. Viewers of Forbidden Broadway will enjoy a dose of theater history and lots of laughs, cementing Forbidden Broadway’s reputation as one of funniest evenings in theatre.

Tickets are priced at $45 and $35.  They can be purchased online at tickets.sopacnow.org or by phone by calling (973) 313 ARTS.

Almost 10 years in the making, SOPAC evolved from an idea of then Village of South Orange President Bill Calabrese to bring a movie theater to town.  The center evolved into a performance space that presents elite artists in an intimate theater and feature cinema and event space. It created dozens of jobs in the area, offers arts education and spur snew partnerships. It has also become a community gathering point and a regional point of arts pride. In its first ten months, SOPAC featured superstars Nancy Wilson, Olympia Dukakis, Paquito D'Rivera and Yo-Yo Ma among others. Praise came in from media like the New York Times and Star Ledger and from important politicians such as New Jersey's Senate President, Richard Codey, Essex County Executive Joseph D'Vincenzo and Governor Corzine himself, who selected SOPAC to host a public forum open to all in the state.

 

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