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Chris Collins Pisano (left) and Jenny Lee Stern (right)
will be featured in Gerard Alessandrini's
new "Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song"
at Theater555
Credit: Carole Rosegg |
Forbidden Broadway is back on the boards. The latest edition of Gerard Alessandrini's long-running satirical revue, subtitled
Merrily We Stole a Song had been announced as playing Broadway's Hayes Theater this summer, but the engagement was postponed indefinitely. Now, the production will open Off-Broadway at Theater 555 on W. 42nd St. on Sept. 12 with previews beginning Aug. 23.
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 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.
In other news, Michael Urie will repeat his role of Prince Dauntless the Drab opposite Sutton Foster as Winifred the Woebegone in the revival of Once Upon a Mattress, opening at the Hudson Theater on Aug. 12. Direct from its record-breaking, sold-out run at New York City Center’s Encores! earlier this year, the show returns to Broadway in a new adaptation by Emmy Award winner Amy Sherman-Palladino (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Gilmore Girls”), directed by Tony Award nominee and Drama League Award winner Lear deBessonet (Into The Woods).
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Michael Urie
Credit: Jenny Anderson |
2024-25 Broadway/Off-Broadway/Awards Calendar
Summer 2024
June 4--What Became of Us (Atlantic Stage 2)
June 5--Home (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)
June 6--The World According to Micki Grant (New Federal Theater/WP Theater)
June 10--Drama Desk Awards (NYU Skirball)
June 10--Theater World Awards (Marquis Theater)
June 12--The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)
June 12--Titanic (Encores/City Center)
June 16--Tony Awards (David Koch Theater/Lincoln Center)
June 18--Pre-Existing Condition (Connelly Upstairs)
June 20--Cats (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
June 23--N/A (Mitzi Newhouse)
July 11--Oh, Mary! (Lyceum)
July 30--Job (Hayes)
Aug. 12--Once Upon a Mattress (Hudson)
Fall 2024
Sept. 12--The Roommate (Booth)
Sept. 12--Counting and Cracking (Public Theater/NYU Skirball)
Spet. 12--Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song (Theater555)
Sept. 24--Vladimir (MTC/City Center Stage I) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Sept. 30--MCNEAL (Vivian Beaumont/LCT)
Oct. 1--Yellowface (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)
Oct. 1--Good Bones (Public)
Oct. 9--The Counter (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Oct. 10--Our Town (Barrymore)
Oct. 10--Deep History (Public)
Oct. 17--Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco)
Oct. 20--Sunset Boulevard (St. James)
Oct. 24--Romeo and Juliet (Circle in the Square)
Nov. 8--Gatz (Elevator Repair Service/Public)
Nov. 11--What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Studio 54)
Nov. 14--Tammy Faye (Palace)
Nov. 14--King Lear (Kenneth Branagh Theater Company/The Shed)
Nov. 21--Death Becomes Her (Lunt-Fontanne)
Nov. 25--Eureka Day (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Left on Tenth
Swept Away
We Live in Cairo (NYTW)
Winter 2024-25
Dec. 19--Gypsy (Majestic)
Jan. 23--English (Roundabout/Todd Haimes Theater)
Feb. 20--Liberation (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard Theater)
A Knock on the Roof (NYTW)
Sumo (Ma-Yi Theater/Public)
2024-25
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
Romeo and Juliet w.Tom Holland/Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (?)
Smash
Wine in the Wilderness (CSC)
Spring 2025
March 25--Old Friends (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman) (previews begins opening TBA)
April 24--The Pirates of Penzance (Roundabout/Todd Haimes Theater)
Bowl EP (Vineyard Theater/National Black Theater)
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. (Public)
Good Night and Good Luck
Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (NYTW)
Othello
The Picture of Dorian Gray (???)
Show Boat (Target Margin/NYU Skirball)
Summer 2025
Twelfth Night (Public Theater/Delacorte)
Fall 2025
Initiative (Public)
Future--Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Beaches the Musical; Black Orpheus; BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical; Come Fall in Love--The DDLJ Musical; Crazy Rich Asians; The Devil Wears Prada; Ella: An American Miracle; Everybody's Talking About Jamie; Frida, the Musical; Game of Thrones; The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation; High Noon; Imitation of Life; The Interestings; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; The Karate Kid; La La Land; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; The Mousetrap; Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor; Pal Joey; Purple Rain; The Queen's Gambit; Rear Window; The Nanny; The Normal Heart/The Destiny of Me; The Queen of Versailles; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Soul Train; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Working Girl.
2024-25 Broadway Season Breakdown
New Plays
Good Night and Good Luck
Job
Left on Tenth
MCNEAL
Oh, Mary!
The Roommate
New Musicals
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Old Friends
Smash
Swept Away
Tammy Faye
What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Play Revivals
English
Eureka Day
Home
Othello
Our Town
Romeo and Juliet
Yellowface
Musical Revivals
Gypsy
Once Upon a Mattress
The Pirates of Penzance
Sunset Boulevard
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