The UNLV Performing Arts Center presents Forbidden Broadway's 25th Anniversary Celebration as part of the New York Stage & Beyond Series at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 24. The show is the latest in a series of Broadway spoofs that parodies Avenue Q, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, and The Lion King and pokes fun at the likes of Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, and Sarah Brightman.
Forbidden Broadway was first seen on New York's Upper West Side in January 1982. An unemployed actor, Gerard Alessandrini, wanted a showcase for his talents. He decided to assemble some of the musical parodies of Broadway shows he had written since childhood into a nightclub act. Critics and audiences were wowed and it has become New York's longest running musical comedy revue.
Forbidden Broadway has won Drama Desk, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Tickets to Forbidden Broadway are $40, $55, and $85 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or by visiting pac.unlv.edu. Student rush tickets are $13 each and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $1 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, located at pac.unlv.edu.
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV continues to be Southern Nevada's premier performing arts venue. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances each year in three distinct series - the Charles Vanda Master Series, New York Stage & Beyond Series, and the Classical Guitar Series. UNLV and KLVX Channel 10 are graciously sponsoring the season.
