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shares a rapport with Freedson that
helps to enhance his performance.
"With a lot of people who do
Forbidden, there is an understanding
roducer/director John
that you acquire, that you share with
Freedson has discovered
the director. The material is so specifi
what it means to come full
that it has to be this way," he said.
circle. Almost.
He also enjoys working with
Seven years ago, the 41-year-old
Freedson
on a personal level, and
came to Detroit for his first-ever pro-
looks forward t
fessional producing
continuing thei
job: the Gem
relationship
Theatre production
beyond
the
of Forbidden
ru
three-month
Broadway, which ran
in
Detroit.
"I
for 32 weeks and sat-
love him," said
irized Broadway
Kaplan, a
musicals and music
Chicago resi-
makers. Now he's
dent. "In a lot
back producing and
ways,
he is like
Broadway's
directing
big brother.
sister production,
Freedson is
Forbidden
happy
with tht
Hollywood, which
Forbidden
wav
takes aim at 60 years
llywood has
of movies and movie
evolved
in the
stars. The show is
past
four
years
playing in the newly
While
two-
opened Century
thirds of the
Theatre next door
show has
to the Gem Theatre
remained thQ,--:
through Aug. 29.
same,
writer
"I guess it is corn-
Alessandrini
ar
ing full circle, sort
others
constan
of," said Freedson.
ly change the
"Now I am back in
rest of the shoe
sort of the same
to
keep it cur-
place, kind of doing
rent.
sequel."
the
For exampl
Forbidden
the
original
Hollywood, a satirical
revue
includeCli
musical revue of
spoof
of the
films from Gone
DreamWorks
With the Wind to
Whitney Allen as Gwyneth Paltrow and
team comprise
Titanic, was written Mark-David Kaplan as Roberto Beni gni
of
Steven
by Forbidden
in a scene from "Forbidden Hollywood."
Spielberg, Jeffr
Broadway creator
Katzenberg an
Gerard
David
Geffen,
but
the
new version
Allessandrini. The show has been pop-
dropped
that
scene
in
favor
of one ri
ular in cities across the country,
Saving
Private
Ryan.
ping
including Chicago, where Freedson
Missing from he show is any infe
earned the Joseph Jefferson Award, a
ence
that Jews control Hollywood. II
Chi-town equivalent of the Tony
fact,
few
Jewish stars are portrayed it
Award, for directing. "That was such
the satire, and there are no overtly
an honor," he recalled. •
Jewish references.
It was also in Chicago that he first
But Detroiters will be able to see
began directing Mark-David Kaplan,
brand-new
scene taken from the 199
who's toured with the show in other
Oscar
show
featuring caricatures of
U.S. cities and Japan. Kaplan said he

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Producer/Director
John Freedson returns
to Detroit with an
acid-laced valentine
to the silver screen.

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