Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back
Forbidden Broadway | |
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Broadway musicals | |
Productions | 1996 Off-Broadway |
Awards | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics |
Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back is a version of
It later moved to the basement of
The show and album parody shows like Show Boat, Beauty and the Beast, The King and I, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, and Rent, stars like Ann Reinking, Cameron Mackintosh, and Julie Andrews, and attack topics such as the Disneyfication of Broadway, the money the producers of the British shows make from souvenirs, the success of Cats, and the hype over Rent.
Opening night cast
- Bryan Batt
- Donna English
- Christine Pedi (performed in other FB shows)
- David Hibbard replaced by Tom Plotkin
Tracks
The numbers on the album are listed below, with each number's title, the original song's title, and the original composer. The "new" parody lyrics are by Gerard Alessandrini.
- Parody Tonight ("Comedy Tonight") Oh What A Beautiful Moron ("Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'") One Foot More ("With One Look")
- Show Boat Medley P.C. Show Boat ("Cotton Blossom") Make Believe ("Make Believe", Ol' Show Show Boat ("Ol' Man River")
- Cameron Mackintosh-My Souvenir Things (My Favorite Things)
- Elaine Stritch ("Zip")
- Big ("Fun")
- Bernadette ("Wunderbar", Porter) Mandy Is So Miscast ("So In Love", Porter)
- The King Is Her ("The King And I", Whistle A Sondheim Tune; Shall We Boink? ("Shall We Dance?", with a brief snippet of "La Bamba" since the revival's star Lou Diamond Phillips was in the movie of the same name)
- Disney On Broadway-Be Depressed ("Be Our Guest", Menken-Ashman)
- Patti-Class ("Master Class")
- Grease - Infomercial With Fran And Barry Weisler And Sally Struthers ("You're The One That I Want", "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee", "There Are Worse Things We Could Do")
- Stop Cats! - A Chorus Cat Meow! I Hope I Get It ("God I Hope I Get It", Hamlisch) Cats ("One", Hamlisch)
- Ethel Merman And Sunset Boulevard You Just Can't Sing ("You're Just in Love")
- Ann Reinking In Chicago ("Roxie" )
- Kiss Me Kate - Corrective Casting - Jerry And Liza ("So Miscast") Julie Andrews Returns To Broadway
- Le Julie Hot ("Le Jazz Hot")
- A Spoonful Of Julie ("Spoonful of Sugar")
- The Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-Ee-Ya ("Victor/Victoria")
- Crazy Girl ("Crazy World") Rent Medley (Rent, Out Tonight, Today 4 U, Seasons of Love, La Vie Boheme)
- Finale-Something Wonderful
- Encore-Ta-Ta-Folks
- Bonus Track-Exit Music-Julie The Star! ("Star!")
See also
- Forbidden Broadway
- Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1
- Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2
- Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3
- Forbidden Hollywood
- Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
- Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition
- Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey
- Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
- Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
- Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab