Photo Flash: Joan Rivers Visits FORBIDDEN BROADWAY!

Forbidden Broadway; ALIVE AND KICKING, features Gerard Alessandrini's parodies of Broadway's biggest shows and brightest stars, including Annie, Newsies, Once, Book of Mormon, Spiderman, Evita, Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, Follies, as well of send-ups of Al Pacino, Phillip Seymor Hoffman, Catherine Zeta Jones, Matthew Broderick, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, among others. A parody of Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe has just been added to the hilarious show.

This edition is created and written by Gerard Alessandrini, and directed by Mr. Alessandrini and Phillip George, with musical direction by David Caldwell, and additional dialogue by Phillip George. Costumes are designed by Philip Heckman, lighting design by Mark T. Simpson and wig design by Bobbie Cliffton Zlotnik. Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking is produced by John Freedson, Harriet Yellin and Paul Bartz, in association with Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie deRoy, Lawrence Poster and Tweiss Productions.

The playing schedule for Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking! is as follows: Tuesday and Thursdays through Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 7:30PM with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM. And Sundays at 3PM. Tickets are $29-$79. Premium Tickets are available at $110. Tickets can be purchased by calling telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com. Student rush is also available the day of performance at the Box Office only.

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers and Cast of Forbidden Broadway

Joan Rivers and Cast of Forbidden Broadway

Scott Richard Foster and Natalié Charle Ellis and Joan Rivers