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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444444">Stageworks/Hudson</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444444"> presents the regional premiere of <STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">FORBIDDEN BROADWAY</I></STRONG>, the critically acclaimed musical comedy by <STRONG>Gerard Alessandrini</STRONG> and directed by <STRONG>Billy Kimmel</STRONG>, with preview performances slated for June 24 and 25 at 7:30PM. <STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">FORBIDDEN BROADWAY </I></STRONG>opens on Friday, June 26 at 8PM and runs through July 12. at \the <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Max and Lillian Katzman Theater, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">41 Cross Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hudson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State></st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444444"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hailed as "hilarious and brilliantly wicked" by the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, FORBIDDEN</B></I> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">BROADWAY</I></B> irreverently and lovingly pokes, prods, teases and lampoons the Great White Way's most famed musicals and celebrities. Stageworks is one of the first regional theaters to produce this celebrated off-Broadway panoply of parodies spoofing Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Liza Minnelli and many more, from <EM>Fiddler</EM> to <EM>Hairspray</EM>.<BR><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">FORBIDDEN BROADWAY</I> had a wildly successful 25-year run off-Broadway. The show and Alessandrini have collected numerous awards, including the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, the Obie Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue.<BR><BR>Stephen Joshua Thompson, Molly Marie Walsh and Molly Parker Myers will impersonate, sashay and belt out parodies of the Broadway favorites near and dear to our hearts, playing the 40-plus roles in this campy, laugh-a-minute romp from the glitter of <EM>A Chorus Line</EM> to the wilds of <EM>The Lion King</EM>. Director Billy Kimmel, who appeared in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">FORBIDDEN BROADWAY</I> in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> and on tour, will also perform in the production.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Ticket prices are: $18 <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>preview; $24 weekday evenings and matinees; $29 for Friday and Saturday evenings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, call (518) 822-9667 or visit </FONT><A href="http://www.stageworkshudson.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ae4c00 size=3>www.stageworkshudson.org</FONT></A></P>
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