Topic: Gerard Alessandrini

Forbidden Broadway should be another big success

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 957 days ago
People who dislike musical theatre often complain that it is pretentious, overhyped and blandly formulaic, and it's these vices that inspire Gerard Alessandrini's satirical revue, now making its third and splashiest appearance in London after 27 mostly triumphant years in ...

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab

Time Out New York - 1239 days ago
Forbidden Broadway is flying high, and taking everyone along for the trip. In recent seasons, Gerard Alessandrini's satirical revue-a perennial mecca for show-tune addicts-slid into a mild depression; its spoofs of Broadway shows lacked bite, and its performers sometimes seemed less ...

LuPone’s Last Lampoon? A Fond Farewell To Forbidden Broadway

The New York Observer - 1239 days ago
The answer is Gerard Alessandrini. Put simply, Mr. Alessandrini is the best and funniest critic of Broadway musicals in history. But no show has consistently given me more pleasure over the years than Mr. Alessandrinis little revue that spoofs and skewers the ...