Forbidden Broadway
Dances With The Stars
Created and Written by Gerald Alessandrini

2008 Outer Critics Circle Award Winner!

From ANNIE to PHANTOM to WICKED, this fall-down funny, satirical roast of over 30 Broadway hits features outrageous costumes, silly spoofs of the songs you know by heart and madcap impressions by a stellar cast! New spoofs include SOUTH PACIFIC, Patti LuPone in GYPSY and GREASE – You’re the One That I Hate! It's never been more fun poking fun at your favorite musicals and stars! A New York sensation for 27 years, a talented quartet of comic chameleons throw out pointed parodies at a dizzying pace. Whether you are a seasoned theatre-goer or new to it all, the TONY AWARD winning FORBIDDEN BROADWAY is your one-stop ticket to non-stop laughs: a hip and fresh view of theatre's tried and true that will leave you begging for more!

Forbidden Broadway is the recipient of an Obie award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Best Off Broadway Musical.

"Gut-Busting Funny!"
- New York Post

"Consistently Riotous! The most inviting introduction to the new season on Broadway."
 - NY Times

John Freedson, has been associated with Forbidden Broadway for over fifteen years as producer, director, and originally, as a performer in the Boston and New York companies. In addition to the three most recent New York editions of this show, he produced Forbidden Hollywood in New York and Los Angeles and Forbidden Broadway in L.A., San Diego, Detroit, Denver, London, and Tokyo. He directed Forbidden Broadway for three national tours and in Sydney, Australia, and received a Joseph Jefferson Award as Best Director for the Chicago production of Forbidden Hollywood. His voice can be heard on three Forbidden Broadway CDs, and Disney's Aladdin. Originally from Reading, PA, Mr. Freedson attended the Boston Conservatory and is a graduate of Brandeis University. In addition to Forbidden Broadway, he produced Gerard Alessandrini's updated version of Irving Berlin's 1962 musical Mr. President, and the current tour of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.