Forbidden Broadway 1-4 [Box set, Cast Recording, Soundtrack]

Gerard Alessandrini, Forbidden Broadway (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Cast Recording, Soundtrack
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000000PHN
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,958 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Forbidden Broadway - Original Casts

2. Amadeus (Non Piu Andrai) - Bill Carmichael

3. Evita (Don't Cry For Me, Argentina) - Nora Mae Lyng

4. Annie's Favorite Show Tune (Tomorrow) - Chloe Webb

5. Pirates Of Penzance Sequence - Gerard Alessandrini, Bill Carmichael, Nora Mae Lyng

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Opening & Who Do They Know - Michael McGrath & Toni DiBuono, Gerard Alessandrini

2. Forbidden Broadway Volume 2: The Company - Gerard Alessandrini, Toni DiBuono, Michael McGrath, Roxie Lucas, Phillip George, Linda Strasser, ...

3. Fugue For Tinhorns (Fugue For Scalpers) - Phillip George, Michael McGrath, John Freedson

4. Anything Goes & I Get A Kick Out Of You (Patti LuPone & I Get A Kick Out Of Me) - Patti LuPone & I Get A Kick Out Of Me, Toni DiBuono, Gerard Alessandrini, Michael McGrath, John...

5. Into The Woods & Weekend In The Country - Karen Murphy, Michael McGrath, Roxie Lucas, Phillip George

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Carol Channing Sequence: (Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery) - Carol Channing, Susanne Blakeslee, Brad Oscar, Craig Wells, Christine Pedi, John Freedson, Gina...

2. Forbidden Broadway Volume 3 - Brad Oscar, Christine Pedi, Craig Wells, Susanne Blakeslee, Gerard Alessandrini

3. Ya Got Trouble: Trouble In New York City (We Got Trouble) - Herndon Lackey, Brad Oscar, Craig Wells, Christine Pedi, John Freedson, Brad Ellis

4. Guys & Dolls Sequence: (Guys And Dolls/I've Never Been In Love Before/A Bushel And A Peck/Sue Me) - Gerard Alessandrini, Brad Oscar/Craig Wells, Christine Pedi/Susanne Blakeslee/Susanne Blakeslee, ...

5. Topal: If I Were A Rich Man (If I Sing It Slower) - Gerard Alessandrini

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Parody Tonight (Comedy Tonight) - Tom Plotkin & Company

2. Show Boat Medley - Tom Plotkin, Donna English/Bryan Batt

3. Cameron Mackintosh - My Souvenir Things (My Favorite Things) - Tom Plotkin

4. Elaine Stritch - Christine Pedi

5. Big (Fun) - Bryan Batt, Tom Plotkin

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The legendary off-Broadway revue Forbidden Broadway collects 15 years of its hilarious parodies (called "unoriginal cast recordings") into this four-CD box. No institution is safe from this astonishingly talented (and believable!) troupe of mimics led by Gerard Alessandrini, as they poke fun at the biggest shows and the biggest stars. Some examples: Patti LuPone's "I Get a Kick Out of You" becomes the self-adulating "I Get a Kick Out of Me" ("Some snort cocaine when they're low / I need no sniff 'cause I think, 'What's the diff? / I'm already terrific to see' / And I get a kick out of me."), and "I've Never Been in Love Before" from the often-revived Guys and Dolls becomes "I Know I've Seen This Show Before" ("Why take a chance on something new and bold / The better shows are old / And Sondheim is a chore."). Since it tends to skewer specific performers or productions, Forbidden Broadway can become dated quickly, but thanks to the miracle of cast recordings, not to mention interminable runs and tours--no names, please--the targets are still familiar, and the more you know, the more you'll laugh. It's like taking a very warped tour of the history of Broadway in the 1980s and '90s, and the Great White Way may never recover. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE!, January 13, 2000

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Jonathan (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway 1-4 (Audio CD)

You may have seen the show, in one of its many incarnations, or may have bought one of the five unoriginal cast recordings, but there is no way any Forbidden Broadway fan or musicals fan can go without buying this four volume boxed set. This is not only because there are so many songs to collect, but also, it is the only way you are likely to get to hear the majority of the songs you saw on stage (if you did so). Forbidden Broadway lampoons the musicals of Broadway from 1990-1996, and is absolutely hilarious. There REALLY is no point in buying just one CD, as you are likely to find that something you want on one is not on another an so on. It also come with a complete libretto to boost. There are some very fine performances and mimics, especially from the likes of Christine Pedi. I've said it once, I'll say it again... buy buy buy!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, October 24, 2000

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Amy Turner - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway 1-4 (Audio CD)

How come it took me so long to find out about Forbidden Broadway? A friend loaned me one CD, and I'm hooked. Got online and bought the boxed set. There's not a bad one in the bunch. I particularly love the impersonations of Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Julie Andrews, Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin. Even parodies of shows I haven't seen had me guffawing. Listen to Jonathan -- buy it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spoofs spice up everything .., April 16, 2006

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Mrsbarbaralbarrow - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway 1-4 (Audio CD)

I have this afternoon heard 'I Sleep with Everyone' on BBC Radio 2 in the UK, in the show presented by Elaine Paige.I was in my car at the time, and nearly caused a traffic incident.
I have ordered the CD on the back of one track - have to confess I had never heard of 'Forbidden Broadway', but I have now! Friends and I used to write spoofs of musicals we were either directing or writing as schoolteachers, for performance by our students.
I also do Community and Hospital broadcasting - I am sure that those customers will love a bit of spice in their lives!(Better listen first, though!)Expect another review when I have heard more ..
..Spoofs Spice up Everything!