front row: Janet Dickinson, James Donegan, Jared Bradshaw, and Valerie Fagan back row: Alvin Colt, Producer John Freedson, Nora Mae Lyng, Chita Rivera, Gerard Alessandrini Photo

From: Photo Coverage: Forbidden Broadway Marks 25th Anniversary

On Tuesday, October 2nd, Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway marked its 25th Anniversary with a brand-new edition Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening, at the 47th Street Theatre. To mark the occasion, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Office of Theatre, Film and Television named October 2, 2007 as 'Forbidden Broadway Day.' Chita Rivera read a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and unveiled a street sign renaming West 47th Street 'Forbidden Broadway.'