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The Players Centre opens hilarious Forbidden Broadway This audience-favorite laughs at the musicals you love Contact Name: Amanda Heisey Contact Email: amandah@theplayers.org Contact Phone Number: 9413652494 Sarasota, FL – January 21, 2022 – The Players Centre for Performing Arts presents the light hearted, spoof cabaret Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits vol. 1 with book and lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini January 20 through 30 at their new theatre space, Studio 1130 (3501 S. Tamiami trail, Sarasota, FL 34239.) Synopsis In this long-running Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars like Carol Channing and Mandy Patinkin and songwriters like Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Performances Jan. 19-22, 25-29 at 7:30pm Jan. 23, 29-30 at 2pm at Crossing at Siesta Key – Studio 1130 (Please park and enter the mall at Connors Steak and Seafood) The Players Centre is following Safe Arts Sarasota Covid guidelines, please see requirements at theplayers.org Tickets $26.50 preview $29.50 single $14 student Director/Choreographer Amanda Heisey Musical Director Berry Ayres Stage Manager Jackie Richards Lighting Design Gretchen Beaumier and Jamie Butrum Production Manager Brian Finnerty Set Design Ken Junkins Props Matt Neier and Brian Finnerty Sounds Engineer Josh Linderman Costume Design Georgina Willmott Cast Brett Anglin Chris Caswell Nancy Denton Brenna Griffith Shawn Marie Spears Band Music Director/ First piano Berry Ayres Second Keyboard Michelle Neal Drums Jeff Dillon Production photos by Goddess Imagery: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qqu0rn0lttzffvn/AAD3jMN7DNZWBiqZuZ23n_J6a?dl=0 About The Players Centre for Performing Arts The Players Centre for Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to entertaining, educating and engaging the community through high quality live theatre. The Players Studio, the education and outreach department for The Players Centre for Performing Arts, promotes inclusive learning and upholds the ideals of equality and diversity, while providing a safe environment for students of all ages and abilities to explore their creative side, strengthen life and social skills, and use different movement, fitness, voice and dramatic disciplines to embrace mental, physical and emotional health through the arts. # # # The Players Centre for Performing Arts 1400 Blvd. of the Arts, Suite 200, Sarasota FL 34236, 941-365-2494, Fax: 941-954-0282 www.theplayers.org Box Office: Mon-Sat, 10am – 4pm.