Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3: The Unoriginal Cast Recording (1993 Revue Compilation) [Cast Recording]

Nora Mae Lyng, John Freedson, Gerard Alessandrini, Dorothy Kiara, Carol Channing, Forbidden Broadway (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 1994)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000000PHG
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,406 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carol Channing Sequence: Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

2. Forbidden Broadway Vol. 3

3. Ya Got Trouble: Trouble in New York City

4. Guys and Dolls Sequence: Guys and Dolls/I've Never Been in Love Befor

5. Topol: If I Were a Rich Man

6. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe [Anna Karenina, The Musical]

7. Julie Andrews: I Could Have Danced All Night

8. Grim Hotel: Grand Hotel/Love Can't Happen Quite So Quickly/Follies Be

9. Barbra, the Broadway Album: Somewhere

10. Dustin Hoffman: Mrs. Robinson/The Sounds of Silence

11. Return to Merman and Martin: Everything's Coming up Roses/Old Fashion

12. Ms. Saigon: Tonight I Will Be Miss Saigon/You Are Sun, I Am Moon

13. Michael Crawford Sequence: Michael Crawford/Put on Your Sunday Clothe

14. Robert Goulet Sequence: Camelot

15. Mess of the Spider Woman: Prologue/Kiss of the Spider Woman/Dear One/

16. Back to Barbra: On a Clear Day

17. Mug Brothers: Tell Me It's Not True/Marilyn Monroe/I Think I Love You

18. Who's Tommy: See Me, Heal Me, Feel Me/Listening to You

19. Finale: You Gotta Have Heart

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Musicals? Love to Laugh? This is definitely for you!, June 11, 2002

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D. Burnham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3: The Unoriginal Cast Recording (1993 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

Even if you live thousands of miles away from Broadway, this CD will tickle your funny bone, hey, it might even break your funny bone! I love Broadway musicals, but rarely get a chance to see the big ones, living on the other side of the country. No matter, this CD still makes me laugh out loud. Even if you don't understand each and every reference, not to worry, there's enough here for anyone.

The Dustin Hoffman sequence is a treat, the first few seconds will elicit peals of laughter. The Ethel Merman and Mary Martin pairing is at it's very best on this CD. The Topol and Julie Andrews spoofs are not only completely hilarious but done in a loving manner that doesn't leave a disrespectful taste in your mouth.

Carol Channing is wonderful in her appearance on this CD. But my favorite of all is probably Mug Brothers. Any child of the 60s-70s will die over the David and Shaun Cassidy spoof, with "I Think I'm Acting" from "I Think I Love You," it's funny enough to even make an old fan laugh.

All in all, this is a beauty - and my favorite of the Forbidden Broadway series! It's clean, hilarious, and worth twice the price.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed., June 16, 2010

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M. Secaur "Meredith Secaur" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3: The Unoriginal Cast Recording (1993 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

I love musicals, and though I don't usually enjoy parodies, I was willing to try this, just on a whim. I almost wish I hadn't. Most of the songs are either boring or too sharp-tongued to be borne, and leave a bad taste in your mouth after listening to them.

The singers pour their heart into belting out familiar tunes with unfamiliar lyrics, and their impressions are very good, I think. Most of them get the inflections and modulations perfectly of each individual, and you may do a double take when you realize who you are NOT listening to!

As for the music itself, the background pianist does a marvelous job of replicating the original vibe of pieces themselves, and bring back memories of each show. The lyrics are often ridiculous, but some are quite clever and suit the material well.

There were some tracks I really liked, such as the Streisand tribute, in which the parody vocalists are dead-ringers to Barbra's voice--it really is quite amazing--or the Topol spoof, which was uproariously entertaining; the "Trouble" sequence from The Music Man, was very bouncy and cute; but most of the others fell rather flat.

Being a major fan of Michael Crawford, the Michael Crawford "tribute" was really distasteful. The writers made a lame stab at funny with their crude, foul-mouthed lyrics, in an attempt to defile Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Jerry Herman's music, as well as poke fun at a man who has nothing that could possibly be used against him except for the fact that he sings rather well. Just sour grapes, I guess. The idea was good, but the ill-humored lyrics destroy it all. Just listen to it and you'll see what I mean.

The Julie Andrews parody was another detrimental point on this CD. It was so unfunny I could barely stand it, and in retrospect is rather nasty when you take into account her botched throat surgery only a few short years after this album was released, that left her unable to sing as well as she had before.

I know parodies are supposed to ridicule, but I found this one a little too strong for my own taste. Some of these satires are funny, but most of them not. It is not that I don't have a sense of humor, because I do; but the bad tracks make this too insulting and overly-derisive for my taste.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars uneven but hysterical, February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3: The Unoriginal Cast Recording (1993 Revue Compilation) (Audio CD)

It's worth getting for two sequences alone: "Ashkebad, Tblisi, and Kiev Express" (a new ending for "Anna Karenina"), and a vicious riff on Grand Hotel "Grim Hotel". Loved it!