Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast) [Cast Recording]

Christine Pedi, Gerard Alessandrini, Bryan Batt, Matthew Ward, Forbidden Broadway (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000000PHL
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Parody Tonight (Comedy Tonight): Oh What A Beautiful Moron (Oh What A Beautiful Mornin')/One Foot More (With One Look) - Tom Plotkin & Company

2. Show Boat Medley: P.C. Show Boat (Cotton Blossom)/Make Believe (Make Believe)/Ol' Show Show Boat (Ol' Man River) - Tom Plotkin

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

4. Elaine Stritch (Zip) - Christine Pedi

5. Big (Fun) - Tom Plotkin

6. Kiss Me Kate: Bernadette & Mandy In So Miscast (Wunderbar And So In Love) - Christine Pedi

7. The King Is Her (The King And I): Whistle A Sondheim Tune (Whistle A Happy Tune)/Shall We Boink? (Shall We Dance?) - Tom Plotkin

8. Disney On Broadway: Be Depressed (Be Our Guest) - Company

9. Patti-Class (Patti LuPone In Master Class): Patti - O Mio Bambino,Callas (O Mio Babbino Caro)/Glenn Close But No Cigar -As If She Never Played This Part (As If I Never Said Goodbye)/Andrew Llloyd Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar/Madonna-Evita - Shut U... - Christine Pedi

10. Grease - Infomercial With Fran & Barry Weissler & Sally Struthers: (You're The One That I Want/Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee/There Are Worse Things We Could Do - Christine Pedi

11. Stop Cats! - A Chorus Cat: Meow! I Hope I Get It (God I Hope I Get It)/Cats (One) - Company

12. Ethel Merman And Sunset Boulevard: You Just Cant Sing (You're Just In Love) - Christine Pedi

13. Ann Reinking In Chicago (Roxie Hart) - Donna English

14. Kiss Me Kate/Corrective Casting/Jerry & Liza (So In Love) - Christine Pedi

15. Le Julie Hot (Le Jazz Hot) - Donna English

16. A Spoonful Of Julie (A Spoonful Of Sugar) - Donna English

17. The Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-ee-ya (Victor-Victoria) - Company

18. Crazy Girl (Crazy World) - Company

19. Rant (Rent) - Tom Plotkin

20. Ouch! They're Tight (Out Tonight) - Donna English

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best "Forbidden Broadway" CD ever!!!!, May 28, 2002

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This review is from: Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast) (Audio CD)

GREAT CD! WORTH EVERY PENNY!
This has to be the best of all of the "Forbidden Broadway" CD's availble!!!
From the beginging, the parody of Natan Lane in "A Funny Thing Happned on the Way to the Forum" to the "Rent" sequence at the end, this recording will leave you laughing for hours!
The cast is excellent! Bryan Batt's Mandy Patinkin is hilarius! Donna Enligh does a great impression of Juile Andrews. Tom Plotkin's parody of Nathan Lane is awesome! And I cant begin to descride how funny Christine Pedi's Liza Minnelli is.
This CD is great and don't delay... But it NOW!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing preformance!, December 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast) (Audio CD)

Being a 13 year old theater fanatic when I first saw Forbidden B-way strikes back, I was immeadiatly smitten with the amazing lyrics, and the talent of the cast, as well as the hyterical dead on parodies off all of the unfortunate victims of this show. I was especially taken with Bryan Batt, who is now in the follow up, forbidden b-way cleans up, and his versitility. Not to say that the other actors are less then phenomenal, all involved give a flawless preformance, but Bryan's Rent spoof earned him a special place with me. I would recomend this cd for everyone who likes show tunes, especially for people who take musicals too seriosly. Happy listening!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of the best "Forbidden Broadway" titles, April 19, 2010

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This review is from: Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast) (Audio CD)

This is one of the strongest FORBIDDEN BROADWAY discs. It mainly focuses on the 1995-96 Broadway season (which famously included Julie Andrews' long awaited return in the troubled "Victor/Victoria", the Donna Murphy/Lou Diamond Phillips revival of "The King and I", and the succession of Maria Callas-es in "Master Class").

Highlights - the sneak preview for an upcoming revival of "Kiss Me Kate" starring Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin (or is it Liza Minnelli and Jerry Lewis?). Ann Reinking finally grabbing Broadway's brass ring as the star of "Chicago", and the entire Julie Andrews / "Victor/Ignor-ee-ya!" segment. Donna English perfectly nails every inflection and nuance from Julie's voice; it's almost too spooky.

"Patti Class" is arguably the highlight of the entire disc, with Patti LuPone (Christine Pedi) in Maria Callas mode giving some pointers to her unwelcome Broadway "Sunset Boulevard" replacement Glenn Close (Donna English), plus Madonna's unique spin on "Evita".

Of course, like the other FORBIDDEN BROADWAY titles, it helps if you have a pre-established knowledge of the actual shows that it lampoons, but you can roughly follow the humour regardless. One for the fans.