Banned in Boston 2010 Friday, April 9th SPONSORSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! (Tickets will be available in March) Check out our swanky Save the Date card! Banned in Boston 2009 was a rollicking good time and raised $450,000 for Urban Improv programs! Thanks to everyone who participated including volunteers, actors, chefs, sponsors and attendees!
In case you missed our event this year or you want to relive the memories take a look at the photos below...
Mayor Menino channeling President Abraham Lincoln
Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton as "The Queen" sings "I Touched...Michelle".
Governor Patrick gets into the spirit. Foreground: Kristina and Patrick Lyons
Broadway's Nancy Anderson opens the show with "Comedy (Economy) Tonight"
"Lynn Cheney" played by Attorney General Martha Coakley shares a snuggy moment with hubby "Dick", played by developer Richard Friedman
Patrick Lyons takes center stage as "W."
"President Obama" (Governor Deval Patrick) sings solo on "Age of Aquarius" send up, "Obama-ness" during the Banned in Boston 2009 finale.
Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree (playing the Atheneaum's distinguished "Doctor Cabotfarms") interviewing "Sarah Palin" (Urban Improv actor Faith Soloway) and daughter "Bristol" (State Senator Sonia Chang Diaz)
Banned in Boston is a madcap musical revue featuring some of Boston's most illustrious people. Last year's cast included Doris Kearns Goodwin, Drew Gilpin Faust (President of Harvard), Susan Hockfield (President of MIT), Martha Coakley, Mayor Menino, Ernie Boch Jr., Matt Cassel and Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton! So forget all your troubles, come have a cocktail (or two), and laugh it up at Banned in Boston.
Proceeds benefit Urban Improv, the nationally acclaimed violence prevention program that is making a profound difference in the lives of thousands of Boston school children.