
John Freedson (Producer) currently is co-producer of Forbidden Broadway Special Victims Unit in New York. He is also producer of the current national tour of the Off Broadway hit I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. With his partner Harriet Yellin, he has co-produced Forbidden Broadway in Los Angeles, San Diego, Detroit, Denver, and on tour, as well as Forbidden Hollywood in Los Angeles, Japan, and Off Broadway. He has directed both shows in cities across the U.S., for four national tours, and in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded a Jefferson Award for Best Direction for the Chicago production of Forbidden Hollywood. Mr. Freedson was associate producer of six Forbidden Broadway CD’s for DRG records and appeared in the Off Broadway and Boston productions. As a composer/lyricist, he wrote three hit children's musicals: A Swan is Born, Aesop's Follies, and Country Mouse/City Mouse, which toured with the New England Theatre Guild. His voice can be heard on numerous radio and television spots and jingles, two Forbidden Broadway CD's, and Disney's Aladdin. Originally from Reading, PA, Mr. Freedson attended the Boston Conservatory and is a graduate of Brandeis University.