Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition

Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition is the sixth volume in the Forbidden Broadway Cast Albums. Although there isn't a show with the same title, the CD has twenty-five of Forbidden Broadway's best songs, including eight previously unreleased tracks. It was conceived, created and written (parody lyrics) by Gerard Alessandrini.

The CD bears the label "The Ultimate Unreleased Un-Original Cast Recording," pointing out that this does not exclusively feature the original cast. The liner notes give a retrospective of Forbidden Broadway's beginnings, as well as a gallery of photos of the original cast with the stars they mock so lovingly.

This CD returns the parodies of such shows as Ragtime, Annie, Into the Woods, Cats, Martin Guerre, and Les Misérables. Stars like Julie Andrews, Mandy Patinkin, and Patti Lupone also share the ridicule.

Featured performers

(In order of first listing in liner notes):

Tracks

Listed here are the tracks on the CD, with the title of the number followed by the song which it parodies and the original composer.

Trouble in New York City ("Trouble", Wilson)

Import Gavotte ("Ascot Gavotte", Lerner-Lowe)

Tomorrow ("Tomorrow", Strouse-Charnin)

My Souvenir Things ("My Favorite Things", Rodgers-Hammerstein)

Stritch ("Zip!", Rodgers-Hart)

Circle of Mice ("Circle of Life", John-Rice) Can You Feel the Pain Tonight? ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight?", John-Rice)

Patti Lupone ("Anything Goes", Porter) I Get a Kick Out of Me ("I Get a Kick Out of You", Porter)

It's Martin Guerre ("I'm Martin Guerre", Boubil-Schönberg-Clark)

I Couldn't Hit that Note ("I Could've Danced All Night", Lerner-Lowe)

Into the Words ("Into the Woods", Sondheim)

Somewhat Overindulgent ("Over the Rainbow", Arlen-Harburg)

Les Misérables ("C'est Magnifique", Porter) End of the Play ("End of the Day", Boubil-Schönberg) I Dreamed a Show ("I Dreamed a Dream", Boubil-Schönberg) Bring It Down ("Bring Him Home", Boubil-Schönberg)

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (original, Alessandrini)

It's De-Merman ("It's De-Lovely", Porter) (volume 1) Old Fashioned Ballad ("Old Fashioned Wedding", Berlin) (volume 3)

Gagtime ("Ragtime", Flaherty-Ahrens) A Really Long Note ("The Wheels of a Dream", Flaherty-Ahrens)

Time I Said, "Goodbye" ("Con te Partirò", Sartori-Quarantotto)

I Sleep with Everyone ("Love Changes Everything", Lloyd Webber-Rice-Hart)

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Screaming ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", Ayen-Krieger)

Liza One-Note (original, Alessandrini, based on "Johnny One-Note", Rodgers-Hart)

I Enjoy Being a Cat ("I Enjoy Being a Girl", Rodgers-Hammerstein) Memory ("Memory", Lloyd Webber-Eliot)

Ambition ("Tradition", Bock-Harnick)

See also