| All PREVIEW TICKETS ARE $30 FOR Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song AUGUST 30th through SEPTEMBER 18th | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:19 pm EDT 07/23/24 | |
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| All PREVIEW TICKETS ARE $30 FOR Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song AUGUST 30th through SEPTEMBER 18th The Award-Winning Musical Parody of Broadway Shows and Stars Opens Off-Broadway on Thursday, September 19th at THEATER555 The producers of Gerard Alessandrini's newest edition FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Merrily We Stole A Song have announced $30 tickets for all preview performances at Theater555 on West 42nd Street. Previews begin on August 30th and continue through September 16th. . The award-winning musical parody of Broadway shows and stars has found a new home for its latest edition FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Merrily We Stole A Song and opens Thursday, September 19th. After opening all tickets are $79, with premium seats at $99. For tickets visit www.Theater555.venuetix.com The show is produced by John Freedson, Harriet Yellin and Eric Krebs. Created, written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini, with musical staging by Gerry McIntyre, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Merrily We Stole a Song skewers the latest deluge of Broadway offerings including Hell's Kitchen, Stereophonic, The Outsiders, The Great Gatsby, Back to the Future, The Wiz, and of course, Merrily We Roll Along. In addition, there will be sendups of Roger Bart, Patti LuPone, Daniel Radcliffe, Ariana DeBose and Jeremy Jordan, among others. This up-to-the-minute version will also poke fun at the 2024 Tony Awards, and will include some of the most popular numbers from Alessandrini's recent Forbidden Sondheim. Gerard Alessandrini says "I am thrilled that this latest incarnation of the show that I had been preparing for more than a year, can now open Off-Broadway, where FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has felt at home for over 40 years. The exciting new Broadway season has inspired me to create a barrage of theatrical zingers, and I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to present this edition in New York after all." The uniquely talented company will be headed by Chris Collins-Pisano and Jenny Lee Stern with musical director Fred Barton on piano. The remainder of the cast and creative team will be announced. The playing schedule for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Merrily We Stole A Song is as follows: Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 3PM and 8PM and Sundays at 3PM and 7:30 PM and Mondays at 7:30PM.For tickets and information visit www.Theater555.venuetix.com FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has been an essential part of the fabric of the New York theatre scene since 1982, when Gerard Alessandrini created the first edition, lampooning the Broadway shows and stars of the day, who stopped by to laugh at themselves alongside the public. In the over 40 years since, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has garnered international acclaim and awards that include a special Tony Award for "Excellence in Theater," seven Drama Desk Awards, an Obie, a Drama League Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and two Lucille Lortel Awards, along the way. GERARD ALESSANDRINI is the Tony Award-Winning Creator/ Writer/Director of the international hits FORBIDDEN BROADWAY and Spamilton (the parody of Hamilton.) SPAMILTON enjoyed successful runs in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles and all around the world. As of 2024 Spamilton continues to tour nationally. But Gerard is probably best well-known for writing and directing the many editions of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY and Forbidden Hollywood in New York, London, L.A., Tokyo, etc. Gerard hails from Needham, MA and the Boston area, where he graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. In 1982, he created and wrote Forbidden Broadway, which has spawned 25 editions, 13 Cast Albums and a 38-year run in New York. Gerard was also a member of the original cast of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. Television & recording credits include: writing comedy specials for Bob Hope and Angela Lansbury on NBC, Carol Burnett on CBS and special lyrics for Barbra Streisand's album, Duets Encore. For PBS, he wrote and directed "Masterpiece Tonight", a satirical revue saluting Masterpiece Theater's 20th Anniversary. As a performer, he can be heard on four of the thirteen FORBIDDEN BROADWAY cast albums and on the soundtracks of Disney's animated classics Aladdin and Pocahontas. Other directing credits include: a new production of Maury Yeston's musical In The Beginningat Main State Summer Theater. At the York Theater in 2020 at The York Theater he created and directed Anything Can Happen In The Theater: The Songs Of Maury Yeston, a new revue of the music of the multiple Tony Award-Winner. Off Broadway Gerard re-wrote and co-directed a revival of Irving Berlin's last musical, Mr. President, which he also updated and "politically corrected. "That same year he also directed an evening of his original theatrical songs entitled Tonight We Sing.For NYMF, he co-wrote and directed a musical version of Madame X.Other recent musicals include The Nutcracker Musical(George Street Playhouse) and the lyrics for a musical version of Paul Mazursky's Moon Over Parador. In 2019, Gerard wrote and directed a new and acclaimed version of Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, which also enjoyed a very successful run at The York Theater. Currently, Gerard is contributing numerous feature articles on classic films and musicals for the online movie site, Cineluxe.com. In 2024 he wrote and directed Forbidden Sondheim: Merrily We Stole A Song. As a Cabaret show, it won the 2024 MAC Award for "Best Musical Revue." Gerard is the recipient of an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama League. As a frequent Bostonian director/writer, he is also the proud recipient of The Elliot Norton Award, with whom Gerard studied Modern Drama in college. In 2006, Angela Lansbury presented Gerard a Special Tony Award Honor for "Excellence in Theater". WWW.FORBIDDENBROADWAY.NYC |
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