Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back

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Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! is a version of Forbidden Broadway created by Gerard Alessandrini. It premièred in the basement of Ellen's Stardust Diner and, as is the show's tradition, spoofed Broadway's latest. An album was also released to accompany it, being the fourth volume of the FB franchise. The album was recorded and released in December 1996. It bears the label "Another Unoriginal Cast Recording", since FB Strikes Back is technically the same show as the original, and features none of the original cast members.

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.

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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.

01 Parody Tonight ("Comedy Tonight") Oh What A Beautiful Moron ("Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'" One Foot More ("With One Look")

02 Show Boat Medley P.C. Show Boat ("Cotton Blossom") Make Believe ("Make Believe", Ol' Show Show Boat ("Ol' Man River")

03 Cameron Mackintosh-My Souvenir Things (My Favorite Things)

04 Elaine Stritch ("Zip")

05 Big ("Fun")

06 Bernadette ("Wunderbar", Porter) Mandy Is So Miscast ("So In Love", Porter)

07 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)

08 Disney On Broadway-Be Depressed ("Be Our Guest", Menken-Ashman)

09 Patti-Class ("Master Class")

10 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")

11 Stop Cats! - A Chorus Cat Meow! I Hope I Get It ("God I Hope I Get It", Hamlisch) Cats ("One", Hamlisch)

12 Ethel Merman And Sunset Boulevard You Just Can't Sing ("You're Just in Love")

13 Ann Reinking In Chicago ("Roxie" )

14 Kiss Me Kate - Corrective Casting - Jerry And Liza ("So Miscast") Julie Andrews Returns To Broadway

15 Le Julie Hot ("Le Jazz Hot")

16 A Spoonful Of Julie ("Spoonful of Sugar")

17 The Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-Ee-Ya ("Victor/Victoria")

18 Crazy Girl ("Crazy World") Rent Medley (Rent, Out Tonight, Today 4 U, Seasons of Love, La Vie Boheme)

25 Finale-Something Wonderful

26 Encore-Ta-Ta-Folks

27 Bonus Track-Exit Music-Julie The Star! ("Star!")

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