Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey

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Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey is the twenty- first century's first incarnation of the award- winning off-Broadway show Forbidden Broadway. It was conceived, created and written by Gerard Alessandrini and satirizes Broadway's latest. Phillip George co-directed with Mr. Alessandrini, and help contribute some of the ideas & dialogue for the sketches.

The show opened in 2000 in the basement of Ellen's Stardust Diner. An album, the seventh in the series, accompanies the show, having been recorded and mixed in December 2000 by Cynthia Daniels at Sound on Sound in New York.

The show continues the tradition of commenting on current Broadway issues. They spoof new shows like the revivals of Beauty and the Beast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Music Man, Cabaret, and Kiss Me, Kate; Aida, and The Full Monty. Older shows like Annie Get Your Gun, Miss Saigon, and Les Misérables, and stars like Gwen Verdon, Édith Piaf, Heather Headley, Marin Mazzie, and Ben Brantley are all also part of the ridicule.

[edit] Cast

Felicia Finley
Danny Gurwin
Tony Nation
Christine Pedi (appeared in other Forbidden Broadway shows)

[edit] Tracks

Here follows a list of the numbers on the soundtrack, with the songs they parody and the original composers listed.

01 Forbidden Broadway 2001 ("Another Op'nin, Another Show", Porter)
02 Futuristic Stewardess/ Usherette ("Come Fly with Me", Cahn- Van Heusen)
03 Judi Dench ("Why Can't the English?", Lerner- Loewe)
04 Trouble in New York City ("Trouble", Wilson)
05 The Music Man Revival 2001 ("Till There Was You", Wilson)
06 Cole Porter ("You're the Top" and "From this Moment On", Porter)
07 Kiss Me, Kate Revival 2001 ("Wunderbar", Porter)
08 I Hate Ben- Marin Mazzie ("I Hate Men", Porter)
09 Cheryl Ladd in Annie Get Your Gun ("There's No Business Like Show Business", Berlin)
10 Miss Saigon Farewell ("Why God Why?", Boubil- Schönberg)
11 Saturday Night Fiasco ("Stayin' Alive", B., M., and R. Gibb)
12 Gwen Verdon and the Bob Fosse Dancers ("I'm a Brass Band", Coleman- Fields; and "Steam Heat", Adler- Ross)
13 Liza Minnelli 2001 (original, Alessandrini)

Alan Cumming in Cabaret ("Wilkommen", Kander- Ebb)

14 Let's Ruin Times Square Again ("Time Warp", O'Brien)
15 Ethel Merman and Elton John ("I've Got Rhythm", Gershwin- Gershwin; and "Old Fashioned Wedding", Berlin)
16 Beauty's Been Decreased ("Beauty and the Beast", Menken- Ashman)
17 Being Lupone ("Being Alive", Sondheim)
18 Sondheim's Blues ("Buddy's Blues", Sondheim)
19 Streisand's Farewell Tour ("Happy Days are Here Again", Yellen-Ager; and "Mame", Herman)
20 Les Miz 2001

Edith Piaf ("Milord", Monnot- Moustaki)

Javert ("Stars", Boubil- Schönberg- Kretzmer)

21 Aida

Amneris Intro ("Every Story is a Love Story", John- Rice)

Heather Hedley/ It's Cheesy ("Easy as Life", John- Rice)

22 Elaborate Sets (Aida Cont.) ("Elaborate Lives", John- Rice)
23 Angela Lansbury ("I Don't Want to Know", Herman)
24 The Full Monty ("Let it Go", Yazbek)
25 76 Hit Shows ("76 Trombones", Wilson)
26 Bows- Ta- Ta Folks ("Another Op'nin, Another Show", Porter)
27 Joseph and the Amazing High "C"- Bonus Track ("Any Dream Will Do", Webber- Rice)