The Peace Center will welcome the New Year in giddy fashion with a visit by the long-running spoof of Broadway shows, “Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation.”
A cast of five, plus a pianist, will offer five performances in the Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre, Jan. 3-5.
Always striving to be up to date, “Forbidden Broadway” in this incarnation will lampoon several shows that have played at the Peace Center in recent years, including “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Tootsie,” “Beetlejuice,” “Frozen,” “Hadestown,” and the dark and controversial “Oklahoma” revival.
“Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation” will also poke fun at some classics, such as “The Lion King,” “Les Misérables,” “Wicked” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”
In addition, audiences can expect impersonations of Broadway stars like Bette Midler, Andre de Shields, Bernadette Peters and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
This all-new edition of “Forbidden Broadway” wowed critics when it opened in October, with The New York Times making it a Critics Pick, and calling it “The best edition of ‘Forbidden Broadway’ in recent memory.”
“Forbidden Broadway” has been a theatrical institution since 1982, when playwright Gerald Alessandrini created the first edition of the off-Broadway show. The original show has been succeeded by several other editions, all overseen by Alessandrini. At least eight cast albums of the various editions of the show have been released.
Over the past 42 years, the show has garnered a number of awards including a special Tony Award, an Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical.
Want to go?
What: “Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation”
When: Jan. 3-5
Where: Peace Center
Tickets: $45
Info: 864-467-3000 or peacecenter.org
