Forbidden Broadway Begins Performances 6/28!

  Gerard Alessandrini's FORBIDDEN BROADWAY will return from its annual spring hiatus on June 28 at 8pm with a summer edition entitled FORBIDDEN BROADWAY DANCES WITH THE STARS!, at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street). The summer edition will feature past favorites in addition to new spoofs including South Pacific, Patti LuPone in Gypsy and Grease - You're the One That I Hate!  (During hiatus FORBIDDEN BROADWAY played a sold-out engagement at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Center in Miami).

Featured in the cast are: Christina Bianco, Jared Bradshaw, Gina Kreiezmar and Michael West, with musical direction by David Caldwell. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY DANCES WITH THE STARS! is created, written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini and co-directed by Phillip George. Costumes are by Alvin Colt with additional costumes by David Moyer.  Sets are by Megan K. Halpern and lighting is by Mark T. Simpson.

The show won the 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue. In producer John Freedson's  acceptance speech he said:  "We accept this award in memory of the great costume designer Alvin Colt, who elevated our show and our lives for 15 years" FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has won a total of six Drama Desk Awards over the years, and is also a recipient of the Tony© Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has been an unstoppable force in New York theatre since 1982 when Gerard Alessandrini created the first parody lampooning the Broadway shows and stars of the day.  It is a favorite among theatre lovers as well as Broadway stars (Kathleen Turner, Raul Esparza, Christine Ebersole, Patti LuPone, the cast of Spring Awakening, Cheyenne Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Carol Channing, Stephen Sondheim, Cameron Mackintosh, and Hal Prince among others), who often stop by to laugh at themselves. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has won numerous awards in its history including the 2006 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, six Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Awards. A theatrical institution, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has received national and international notoriety, racking up over 15,000 performances in more than 200 US cities as well as engagements in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.

 The playing schedule will be as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 7:30 pm, with matinees on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm, Saturdays at 4:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $65 Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings - and $60 all other performances.  For tickets call (212) 239-6200. For Group Sales call (212) 840-5564.

Photo Credit Carol Rosegg