Audience Rewards Presale April 9-11

Fan First Presale April 12-14

General Onsale April 15

 

Limited Engagement at the Hayes Theater

Performances Begin July 29, Opening August 15

 

NEW YORK—Tickets for Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song will go on sale as below:

·        Presale tickets for Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song are available exclusively to Audience Rewards® members from Tuesday, April 9 at 10 AM – Friday, April 12 at 9:59 AM. It’s free and fast to join at www.AudienceRewards.com.

·        A Fan First Presale from Friday, April 12 at 10 AM – Monday, April 15 at 9:59 AM; ticket buyers can sign up at ForbiddenBroadwayonBroadway.com for access.

·        The general on sale is April 15 at 10 AM through Telecharge.com.

The opening date of the Hayes Theater box office will be announced.

Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song will play at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) this summer with performances starting on July 29 and an August 15 opening night. The limited run is through November 1.

In addition to the five-person cast including the onstage pianist, weekly guest stars will appear throughout the engagement.

The cast and the rest of the creative team will be announced.

 Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song will be created around the current and recent seasons of Broadway and will include spoofs of the new and upcoming Broadway musicals and plays like The Great Gatsby, The Notebook, Water for Elephants, Hell’s Kitchen and Back to the Future, as well as current and recent Sondheim revivals like Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Company and Merrily We Roll Along.

 Forbidden Broadway was born in 1982 in New York’s 130-seat Palsson’s Supper Club. It has gone on to play in over 200 cities around the world in venues holding thousands. The show has spawned multiple iterations with Mr. Alessandrini continually updating the material to reflect Broadway’s current slate; a few timeless evergreens remain. Almost no show has escaped the long arm of Forbidden Broadway. Alessandrini’s wit has poked at scores of shows (and their scores); actors and directors are no exception either. Being on the receiving end of his loving barbs is considered both an honor and a rite of passage by legions of theatre legends. In addition to Forbidden Broadway, Spamilton, Gerard’s spoof of the Hamilton phenomenon was a runaway hit for two years and continues to tour the US. For his work on Forbidden Broadway in all its forms, Gerard Alessandrini and the show received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre and seven Drama Desk Awards.

Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song is produced by Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (Ryan Bogner, Victoria Lang & Tracey Stroock McFarland) with John Freedson and Harriet Yellin.

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