IMMANUEL HOUSTON
Immanuel Houston, affectionately known as Manny to his peers, is a creative from Greenville, South Carolina. A graduate of the College Of Charleston (15', B.A. In Classical Piano Performance), Manny Has been working professionally in the creative field since he was 17. After opening a show in Magic Kingdom at Disney World, the top of this year, he decided to move to New York to further his career. You can follow him on Instagram @themannyhouston.
ALINE MAYAGOITIA
www.alinemayagoitia.com
Aline Mayagoitia grew up in the far far land of Mexico City on a steady diet of cast albums and the Donny Osmond Technicolor Dreamcoat VHS. Joining the Forbidden legacy is a true dream. Regional: Eva Perón in Evita, Nina in In The Heights, Cinderella in Into The Woods, Lauren in Kinky Boots (regional premiere). Graduate of the University of Michigan. Todo es para mi familia.
CHRIS COLLINS-PISANO
www.chriscollinspisano.com
Chris Collins-Pisano is delighted to join the Forbidden Broadway family! Nat'l Tour: Elf (NETworks ’18). Off-Broadway: Friends! The Musical Parody (St. Luke's Theater). Regional: Forbidden Broadway, Flashdance (Gateway Playhouse), I Love You, You’re Perfect, etc. (St. Michael’s Playhouse), Grease (Engeman Theatre), Saturday Night Fever (Westchester Broadway). Proud Bearcat. So much love and thanks to everyone here at Forbidden Broadway, The Justice League, MT ’16, and the Collins-Pisano Clan!
JENNY LEE STERN
Jenny Lee Stern is thrilled to be returning to the Forbidden Broadway family after being an original cast member of 2013’s Live Á Kicking and guest starring as “The Diva” in Spamilton. Broadway/National Tour credits include Rocky, A Christmas Story (Madison Square Garden), and Jersey Boys as “Mary Delgado.” Regionally she’s found her niche playing “Patsy Cline” in Always...Patsy Cline across the country ten times. JL regularly performs at Feinstein’s 54 Below and Town Hall and can be heard on the 10th Anniversary album of the Off-Broadway hit Disenchanted which drops Fall 2019. She is the mother to three gorgeous daughters. Follow their adventures on Instagram: @pinneddownpinup
JOSHUA TURCHIN
www.joshuaturchin.com
Joshua Turchin is honored to be a part of The Next Generation and dreams of having his original musical (book/lyrics/music), The Perfect Fit, (@theperfectfitmusical) spoofed by Forbidden Broadway! Founder/creator/writer/MD/accompanist of @theearlynightshow, accompanist/MD of cabarets at 54 Below and Green Room 42, and comedy voice on iHeartRadio. Recent credits: The Perfect Fit (Jake); The Little Mermaid/Hollywood Bowl (Flounder); Broadway National Tour: A Christmas Story the Musical (Randy); Caroline or Change (Noah); The Pill @LaMaMa; School of Rock (Broadway Promo Team); and Nickelodeon voiceovers. Thanks to my family, Gerard, FB Team, Julia, Sherry, Janine and Take 3. Instagram:@joshuaturchin.
FRED BARTON (Piano)
Fred Barton is an acclaimed composer, lyricist, orchestrator, conductor, and actor. His symphony arrangements are played regularly by the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and major symphonies throughout the U.S. and Canada. On Broadway and National Tour he has conducted Anthony Quinn in Zorba, Hal Prince’s Cabaret, Cy Coleman’s City of Angels and Robert Goulet in Camelot. Off-Broadway, Fred was the original Arranger-Musical Director for Forbidden Broadway, Spamilton, and Whoop-Dee-Doo! (Drama Desk Awards). Fred Barton wrote book, music, and lyrics for Miss Gulch Returns! (Bistro Award), still produced by theaters nationwide in 2019, and with Gerard Alessandrini he co-wrote book, music and lyrics for Creature From The Black Lagoon for Universal Theme Parks. For TV, Fred composed music for The Magic School Bus (Emmy Award), arranged and conducted Wonder Pets! (Emmy Award), HBO’s Cathouse: The Musical, and music-supervised Olivia. The Fred Barton Orchestra has won acclaim for his song-and-dance concerts of Golden-Age Broadway, and Fred has arranged and played for nearly eighty major stars.
THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
619 Lexington Avenue (enter on 54th Street)
Tony Award-Winning parodist Gerard Alessandrini is back with a hilarious, all-new edition of Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation! The show comically eviscerates HADESTOWN, MOULIN ROUGE, TOOTSIE, OKLAHOMA!, THE FERRYMAN, FIDDLER IN YIDDISH, EVAN HANSEN and FROZEN, plus Billy Porter, Santino Fontana, Andre de Shields & Karen Olivo. Plus exciting returns by Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Lin-Manuel Miranda + showbiz seen-onscreen Fosse/Verdon & Renée Zellweger’s Judy Garland! Now playing at the York Theatre Company.
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