Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
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Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act is the fifth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, his popular off-Broadway musical revue spoofing "the best of Broadway". All the parody lyrics were written (as always) by Gerard Alessandrini. This version was co-directed by Mr. Alessandrini and his long time collaborator Phillip George. Mr. George had up till then only been credited with "Musical Staging" and as "Assitant Director". Phillip George also contributed many of the more successfull ideas and dialogue sketches to the more recent "Forbidden Broadway" editions. The show played in the basement of Ellen's Stardust Diner, and the album is the fifth volume in the series. Because it features none of the original 1982 "Forbidden Broadway" cast members, it is labeled "The Unoriginal Cast Recording." It was recorded in December 1998 and released in 1999.
The leading premise of the show and album is that, like Times Square, FB should drop its raunchy demeanor and "clean up" its parodies. Naturally, the cast fails spectacularly, meanwhile spoofing new shows like Chicago, The Lion King, Ragtime, Titanic, Jekyll and Hyde, and Footloose. They also take stabs at personalities like Rudolph Giuliani, Ann Miller, Julie Taymor, Bebe Neuwirth, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
[edit] Cast
The cast members featured on the album and that starred in Cleans Up It Act when it first opened are listed below:
Bryan Batt*
Lori Hammel
Edward Staudenmayer
Kristine Zbornik
- featured on other FB albums
[edit] Tracks
The musical numbers, with title, original song, and original composers listed, that are featured on the album are listed below:
01 A Jolly Holiday With Rudy ("A Jolly Holiday With Mary", Sherman-Sherman)
02 Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act! ("Another Op'nin, Another Show", Porter)
03 Chicago- Glosse Fosse ("Razzle Dazzle", Kander-Ebb)
04 Footloose- Too Cute ("Footloose", Loggins)
05 The Beauty Queen of Leenane ("How Are Things In Glocca Mora?", Lane-Harburg)
06 The Lion King Segment
The Circle Of Mice ("The Circle Of Life", John-Rice)
Julie Taymor And Her Puppets ("The Lonely Goatherd", Rodgers-Hammerstein)
Can You Feel The Pain Tonight? ("Can You Feel The Love Tonight?", John-Rice)
07 Andrew Lloyd Webber Superstar ("Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Memory", Weber-Rice)
08 Titanic- The Musical
In Every Season ("In Every Age", Yeston)
Ship Of Air ("Ship Of Dreams", Yeston)
I Must Get Off This Ship ("I Must Get On That Ship", Yeston)
The Reviews Are Broadcast ("The Night Is Alive", Yeston)
Bottom ("Autumn", Yeston)
There's A Movie Going On ("My Heart Will Go On", Horner-Jennings)
09 More Miserable- Ten Years More ("C'est Magnifique", Porter; "One Day More", Boubil-Schönberg)
10 Bernadette Peters In Annie Get Your Gun ("There's No Business Like Show Business", Berlin)
11 Swan Lake ("Swan Lake Theme"; "Allegro Moderato"; Waltz From Act One", Tchaikovsky)
12 Ann Miller- I'm Still Weird ("I'm Still Here", Sondheim)
13 Jekyll And Hyde
Linda Eder ("Noone Knows Who I Am", Wildhorn-Bricusse)
This Is My Key Change ("This Is The Moment", Wildhorn-Bricusse)
14 Ragtime Segment
Gagtime ("Ragtime", Flaherty- Ahrens)
New Muzac ("New Music", Flaherty- Ahrens)
A Really Long Note ("The Wheels Of A Dream", Flaherty- Ahrens)
I'll Can Never Win Back My Award ("We Can Never Go Back To Before", Flaherty- Ahrens)
Make Them Shoot You ("Make Them Hear You", Flaherty- Ahrens)
15 Super-Frantic-Hyper-Active-Self-Indulgent-Mandy ("Supercalifragilisticexpialodocius", Sherman-Sherman)
16 Cabaret Segment
Alan Cumming ("Wilkommen", Kander-Ebb)
Natasha Richardson ("Cabaret", Kander-Ebb)
17 The Sound Of Music In Cabaret ("Do Re Mi" and "So Long, Farewell", Rodgers-Hammerstein)
18 Finale- Find Mary Martin ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain", Rodgers-Hammerstein")
19 Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!- Encore ("Another Op'nin, Another Show", Porter)
20 Bonus Track- Epilogue ("New Music", Flaherty- Ahrens)
