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Forbidden Broadway Opens at York
Tony Award winning parodist Gerard Alessandrini is back with a hilarious all new Forbidden Brodway: The Next Generation!
January 20, 2020: Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation opened at the York Theatre last night. Yes, Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway is back, after a 5- year absence, with a new and timely spoof of the theater, which this time arounds includes some current movies as well. The new edition, featuring a stellar cast with Fred Barton on the piano and choreography by Gerry McIntrye, is just as funny as ever. The outstanding performers are Immanuel Houston, Aline Mayagoitia, Chris Collins-Pisano, Jenny Lee Stern, and Joshua Turchin.
Tony Award winning parodist Gerard Alessandrini is back with a hilarious all new Forbidden Brodway: The Next Generation!
January 20, 2020: Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation opened at the York Theatre last night. Yes, Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway is back, after a 5- year absence, with a new and timely spoof of the theater, which this time arounds includes some current movies as well. The new edition, featuring a stellar cast with Fred Barton on the piano and choreography by Gerry McIntrye, is just as funny as ever. The outstanding performers are Immanuel Houston, Aline Mayagoitia, Chris Collins-Pisano, Jenny Lee Stern, and Joshua Turchin.
Joshua Turchin, Immanuel Houston, Jenny Lee Stern, Fred Barton, Aline Mayagoitia, Chris Collins-Pisano
Alessandrini and company take comic and musical aim at Hadestown, Moulin Rouge, Tootsie, Beetlejuice, the very dark Oklahoma, The Ferryman, the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof, The Cher Show, Dear Evan Hansen, What the Constitution Means to Me, and the new generation of Broadway stars including Ben Platt, Santino Fontana, Billy Porter, Alex Brightman and exciting returns by Bette Midler, Andre de Shields, Bernadette Peters, Karen Olivo, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Due to popular demand Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation has been extended at the York Theatre through February 16th.
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION FOR TICKETS: In Person @ The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s Church at Citicorp. 619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue, Lower Level 2. By Phone 212 935-5820 or online www.yorktheatre.org Running Time 80 Minutes – No Intermission Click Here To Read Review by Patrick Christiano
Photography of Opening Night and After Party by Barry Gordin
Immanuel Houston, Creator/Director/Conceiver Gerard Alessandrini, Joshua Turchin, Producer John Freedson, Jenny Lee Stern, Choreographer Gerry McIntrye, Aline Mayagoitia, Fred Barton, Chris Collins-Pisano, York Producing Artistic Director James Morgan, York Executive Director Evans Haile
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