Forbidden Hollywood
Created and Written by Gerald Alessandrini

Hot on the heels of its wicked predecessor Forbidden Broadway, Forbidden Hollywood has come to town, guns blazing and smokin’ with attitude. Forbidden Hollywood cuts through tinseltown’s bombast and star power with surgical precision. Blockbusters like “Star Wars”, “Titanic”, “Harry Potter”, “Shrek”, “Lord of the Rings”, “Austin Powers”, and “Moulin Rouge” receive the comic once-over. No film, brand new or venerable, is safe when creator Gerard Alessandrini wields his nasty pen.

Alessandrini keeps the show topical by constantly updating the material. Other actors who are satirized include Keanu Reeves, Melanie Griffith, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise and long famous stars like Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Barbara Streisand, Audrey Hepburn, Louis Armstrong, Ann-Margaret and Liza Minelli, who sings “Mein Herr” from the film version of “Cabaret.”

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.

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