Browse By ABC

Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4 review



These are the first four collections of music from show (after years, they’ve been collected in one box), which began as off-Broadway in 1982 and lasted till November 2014 (not continuously, but with interruptions), noted in 2014 its 32nd anniversary. Some of people and even Wikipedia consider it not as pure Off-Broadway, but Off-Off-Broadway (well, at least, some of its parts). However, such an unusual title had no effect on its content – show tells all about the same – it is a parody of Broadway musicals, West End, off-Broadway shows, music, movies, famous people, and TV broadcasts. Somewhat Overindulgent song is a strange combination of impressive human in size and high, gentle voice, accompanied by playing the piano with such fingering of keys, as if it was a harp. Chita-Rita song – flows with Hispanics emphasis on fun by a girl trying to depict Spaniard, but in appearance, she is not. Here performed a parody of both Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno. Other scenes include a parody of The Phantom Of The Opera, and the song Be Depressed – pretty life-affirming thing, with deliberate accent of the English-speaking person, who pretends not to know English (for that, he has too good average American pronunciation) – listeners meet parody here on various entertainment tunes (by the way, the accent at the end of the song completely disappears).

Admirers of these Off-Broadway shows can buy this collection of four disks, saving on every single part. This show is a kind of phenomenon – the only one of these that parodies other shows, staging for 12 years at the time of the release of this volumes. Number of shows at the time of writing this remark crossed 34 years, and Gerard Alessandrini, its creator, is, with no exaggeration, the all-in-one creator of this show – he had an idea, wrote it, elaborated, brought to life on stage, choreographed, and also played in it, directed, and then has been rewriting it approximately one and half times each year during its first 12 years to ensure that the public each time receive full freshness.

In total, the collection, among others, was a parody of such: Forrest Gump, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Pulp Fiction, Aladdin, The Phantom Of The Opera, Evita, Annie, Amadeus, Grand Hotel, Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as on the well-known personalities in the world of Broadway: Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Madonna, Sondheim, Michael Crawford, Dustin Hoffman.

The show originally went for 2.5 years before the first closure, and given within this period 2330+ exhibitions. In total, at the time of this writing, it has been performed for more than 9000 shows and the quantity of visited locations of more than 200 cities & towns across the United States’ territory and several other countries. Particularly popular the show was in the United States because Broadway runs are mostly familiar to American public.
Last Update:April, 06th 2016

Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4 Lyrics

  1. Disc: 1
  2. Forbidden Broadway Lyrics 
  3. Non Plu Andral Lyrics 
  4. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina Lyrics 
  5. Annie's Favorite Showtune Lyrics 
  6. Pirates of Penzance Sequence Lyrics 
  7. Be a Catholic Lyrics 
  8. Triplets Lyrics 
  9. Bankable Stars Lyrics 
  10. I'm Entertainment Lyrics 
  11. Angela Lansbury Sequence/If the Show Had Run Past Labor Day Lyrics 
  12. Audition Sequence: Soliloquy from Carousel/I'm Sick of Playin [Excerpt] Lyrics 
  13. Merman & Martin Sequence: It's de-Lovely/My Heart Belongs to Daddy/Mu Lyrics 
  14. Carol Channing Sequence/Call on Carol/Dolly Is a Girl's Best Friend Lyrics 
  15. Ambition (Tradition)
  16. Forbidden Broadway (Reprise) Lyrics 
  17. Disc: 2
  18. Opening and Who Do They Know? Lyrics 
  19. Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2 Lyrics 
  20. Fugue for Scalpers Lyrics 
  21. Patti LuponeI / Get a Kick Out of Me Lyrics 
  22. Into the Woods/Weekend in the Country Lyrics 
  23. Annie 2
  24. Poor Butterfly Lyrics 
  25. Madonna's Brain Lyrics 
  26. Never, Never Panned
  27. Somewhat Overindulgent
  28. Chita-Rita
  29. I Ham What I Ham
  30. Hey, Bob Fosse
  31. Almost Like Vegas in New York Lyrics 
  32. Teeny Todd Lyrics 
  33. Liza Lyrics 
  34. Ladies Who Screech Lyrics 
  35. Phantom of the Musical: Goldfinger/Lloyd Weber Lyrics 
  36. George M.! Lyrics 
  37. More Miserable Sequence
  38. Finale Lyrics 
  39. Disc: 3
  40. Carol Channing Sequence: Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery Lyrics 
  41. Forbidden Broadway Vol. III Lyrics 
  42. Trouble in New York City Lyrics 
  43. Guys and Dolls Sequence: Guys and Dolls/I Know I've Seen This Show ... Lyrics 
  44. If I Sing It Slower Lyrics 
  45. On the Ashkebad, Tbusi and Kiev Express Lyrics 
  46. I Could Have Danced All Night Lyrics 
  47. Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere Lyrics 
  48. Someday Lyrics 
  49. Dear Antonio/The Sounds of Shakespeare Lyrics 
  50. Everything's Coming Up Merman/Old Fashioned Ballad/There's Nobody ... Lyrics 
  51. Tonight Who Will Play Miss Saigon?. You Are Hallmark, I Postcard Lyrics 
  52. Put on Your Phony Vocie/All I Ask of You Lyrics 
  53. Camelounge Lyrics 
  54. Mess of the Spider Woman: Prologue/Come and See Me/Mess of the ... Lyrics 
  55. Back to Broadway Lyrics 
  56. Tell Me It's Not True/I Think I'm Acting/Downshow Lyrics 
  57. Scenery, Fly Me, Amplify Me/Listening to Us Lyrics 
  58. Finale: What Happened to Heart? Lyrics 
  59. Disc: 4
  60. Parody Tonight: Oh What a Beautiful Moron/One Foot More (With One Look) Lyrics 
  61. Show Boat Medley: P.C. Show Boat/Make Believe/Ol' Show Show Boat Lyrics 
  62. My Souvenir Things Lyrics 
  63. Elaine Stritch Lyrics 
  64. Big Lyrics 
  65. Bernadette and Mandy in So Miscast (Wunderbar and So in Love) Lyrics 
  66. King Is Her/Whistle a Sondheim Tune/Shall We Boink? Lyrics 
  67. Be Depressed Lyrics 
  68. Patti Lupone in Master Class/As If I Never Said Goodbye/Andrew ... Lyrics 
  69. You're the One I Want/Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee/There Are Worse Things Lyrics 
  70. Meow! I Hope I Get It (God I Hope I Get It) Lyrics 
  71. You Just Can't Sing Lyrics 
  72. Ann Reinking in Chicago Lyrics 
  73. Kiss Me Kate/Corrective Casting/Jerry and Liza Lyrics 
  74. Julie Hot Lyrics 
  75. Spoonful of Julie Lyrics 
  76. Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-Ee-Ya Lyrics 
  77. Crazy Girl Lyrics 
  78. Rant Lyrics 
  79. Ouch! They're Tight Lyrics 
  80. Too Gay for You-Too Het'ro for Me Lyrics 
  81. Pretty Voices Singing: Think Punk Lyrics 
  82. Season of Hype Lyrics 
  83. This Ain't Boheme/Death and Resurrection Lyrics 
  84. Finale: Something Wonderful Lyrics 
  85. Encore-Ta-Ta Folks Lyrics 
  86. Exit Music: Julie the Star! Lyrics 

Popular musicals