Glenn Kay

This is a beautiful March 2002 playbill from the opening weeks of the Original Off-Broadway production of Gerard Allessandrini’s “FORBIDDEN BROADWAY – 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!” at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre in New York City. (The Original Off-Broadway production of “Forbidden Broadway” opened January 15th, 1982 at New York’s Palsson’s Supper Club and ran for 2332 performances. “Forbidden Broadway – 20th Anniversary Celebration!” opened February 25th, 2002 and ran for 983 performances.) ….. The revue starred DONNA ENGLISH, DANIEL REICHARD, MICHAEL WEST, KRISTINE ZBORNIK and GLENN GORDON ….. Historical note: Forbidden Broadway is an Off-Broadway revue parodying musical theatre; spoofing show tunes, characters and plots of contemporary and current Broadway musicals. Forbidden Broadway and its many sequels have mocked popular shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Les Miserables, The Lion King, Annie and Newsies. The revue also targets famous Broadway actors, writers, composers, directors and choreographers, including Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Crawford, Bob Fosse, Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Patti LuPone, Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand and Gwen Verdon. Gerard Alessandrini has rewritten the show many times over the years to include parodies of newer shows. In the original iteration of the show, Alessandrini was one of the original actors and Michael Chapman directed and produced. The show, in its various editions, has been seen in more than 200 U.S. cities as well as London, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney. In 2006, the show and Alessandrini were honored with Tony Awards for Excellence in Theatre ….. CREDITS: Concept and Parody Lyrics by GERARD ALESSANDRINI; Sets designed by BRADLEY KAYE; Costumes designed by ALVIN COLT; Musical Direction by GLENN GORDON; Directed by PHILLIP GEORGE and GERARD ALESSANDRINI; Produced by JOHN FREEDSON, HARRIET YELLIN and JON B. PLATT ….. DETAILS: The 52 page playbill measures 5 3/8″ X 8 1/2″ inches and includes full production credits, cast list, individual photos of each of the cast members and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team ….. CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

This is a rare February 3rd, 1987 program (playbill) from the one-week engagement of the CY COLEMAN, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical comedy “ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY” at the Playhouse Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware. (The Original Broadway production opened February 19th, 1978 at the St. James Theatre in New York City and ran for 449 performances.) ….. The musical starred FRANK GORSHIN, IMOGENE COCA and JUDY KAYE and featured KING DONOVAN, DAVID GREEN, KEITH CURRAN, GARY BARKER, MARK BASILE, PEGGY BAYER, BRUCE DANIELS, CHERYL HODGES, GLENN MURE, MICHAEL RADIGAN, ALEXANA RYER, SUSAN SHOFNER and WYSANDRIA WOOLSEY ….. CREDITS: Music by CY COLEMAN (“Wildcat”, “Sweet Charity”, “Little Me”, “Seesaw”, “I Love My Wife”, “On the Twentieth Century”, “Barnum”, “City of Angels”, “The Will Rogers Follies”); Book and Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN (“On the Town”, “Wonderful Town”, “Bells are Ringing”, “Say, Darling”, “Do Re Mi”, “Two on the Aisle”, “Subways are for Sleeping”, “Fade Out, Fade In”, “Hallelujah, Baby!”, “On the Twentieth Century”, “Applause”, “A Doll’s Life”, “The Will Rogers Follies”) based on plays by BEN HECHT, CHARLES MAC ARTHUR and BRUCE MILLHOLLAND; Sets designed by JAMES MORGAN; Costumes designed by MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ; Playbill Cover illustrated by AL HIRSCHFELD; Choreographed by BARBARA SIMAN; Directed by JEFFREY B. MOSS; Produced by HAROLD FIELDING ….. DETAILS: The 36 page playbill measures 6″ X 9″ inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team, but no cast photos ….. CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.