Forbidden Broadway: Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 2 (1991 Revue Compilation) [Cast Recording]

John Freedson, Gerard Alessandrini, Dorothy Kiara, Michael McGrath, Forbidden Broadway (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 1992)
• Original Release Date: June 20, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000000PH8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,648 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening/Who Do They Know?

2. Forbidden Broadway Vol. 2

3. Fugue for Tinhorns/Fugue for Scalpers

4. Anything Goes/I Get a Kick Out of You

5. Into the Woods/Weekend in the Country

6. Tomorrow/Annie II

7. Poor Butterfly/M. Butterfly

8. Rain in Spain/Madonna's Brain

9. Never Never Land/Never, Never Panned

10. Over the Rainbow/Somewhat Overindulgent

11. America/Chita-Rita

12. I Am What I Am! /I Ham What I Ham

13. Hey, Big Spender/Hey, Bob Fosse

14. Almost Like Being in Love/Almost Like Vegas in New York

15. Ballad of Sweeney Todd/Teeny Todd

16. Liza

17. Ladies Who Lunch/Ladies Who Screech

18. Phantom of the Musical/Goldfinger/Lloyd Weber

19. Give My Regards to Broadway & Yankee Doodle Dandy/George M

20. More Miserable Sequence: Medley

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Forbbiden Broadways!, May 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway: Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 2 (1991 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

Being a Sondheim fan, I'm particularly fond of this album because Alessandrini & company cleverly spoofed his work many many times. And not being a Sarah Brightman fan, I love that they refer to her singing voice as "a nightingale on lsd..." Though in recommending this particular CD, I do have to emphasize the Les Miz sequence, which is so funny that I'd buy the CD if those were the only songs on it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surgeon General's Warning: Not for the serious of heart!, July 27, 1998

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Candice Cullitan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway: Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 2 (1991 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite CDs. Alessandrini and company's parodies are very funny, though possibly offensive to serious Sarah Brightman fans who may not like the wonderfully squeaky voice they give her. Lampooned are: Les Miserables, Madame Butterfly, Annie, Patti LuPone, Madonna, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Brightman, Stephen Sondheim and his musicals, and the state of Broadway in general, among others.

Although I bought the CD for the Les Mis sequence, the other songs are equally good. Be forewarned that if you know nothing about Broadway, the "below-the-belt repartees" will be lost on you, but you still get to listen to good singers and an excellent piano player.

Next on the shopping list: Volume 4!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hilarious Broadway parody, January 15, 2008

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forbidden Broadway: Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 2 (1991 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

Lots of people are very quick to make fun of Broadway and musical theatre in general; but Gerard Alessandrini's FORBIDDEN BROADWAY revues point out that musical theatre can also lampoon itself, too. This disc features highlights from several of the early FORBIDDEN BROADWAY revues.

Patti LuPone is mercilessly skewered by Toni DiBuono in "Anything Goes/I Get a Kick Out of You". In "Liza One-Note", Linda Strasser gives an hilarious rendition of Liza Minnelli who proudly exclaims "all of my fans snort cocaine!". In "The Ladies Who Screech", Roxie Lucas does a superb Elaine Stritch during her COMPANY days. Mary Martin, the Broadway darling who somehow always managed to escape the poison pen of critics, is showcased by Roxie Lucas in "Never Never Panned". And "Chita-Rita" plays out the fictional rivalry between Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno, who are still confused for each other because they both played Anita in WEST SIDE STORY.

There are also hilarious roastings for "La Cage aux Folles", "Les Miserables", "Phantom of the Opera", "M. Butterfly", Stephen Sondheim, and Madonna. Highly-recommended for those who love a good laugh.