The latest edition of Forbidden Broadway, entitled Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, will open on September 17 at the 47th Street Theatre. Formerly titled Dances with the Stars, the production is written by Gerard Alessandrini, directed by Alessandrini with Phillip George, and will feature spoofs of South Pacific, In the Heights, August: Osage County, Gypsy, Young Frankenstein and Sunday in the Park with George, among others. Dedicated to the memory of Alvin Colt, who designed Forbidden Broadway's costumes for 15 years, the show is now in previews.
First produced by Alessandrini in 1982, Forbidden Broadway has become a favorite among theater lovers and Broadway stars Kathleen Turner, Raul Esparza, Christine Ebersole, Patti LuPone, the cast of Spring Awakening, Cheyenne Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Carol Channing, Stephen Sondheim, Cameron Mackintosh, and Hal Prince, to name a few, who come to laugh at themselves. Along the way, the show has earned seven Drama Desk Awards including the 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue and the 2006 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, as well as Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Awards.
The Goes to Rehab cast features Christina Bianco, Jared Bradshaw, Gina Kreiezmar and Michael West, with David Caldwell on piano. Costumes are by the late Alvin Colt, with additional costumes by David Moyer. Sets are by Megan Halpern and lighting is by Mark T. Simpson.
