Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3


Forbidden Broadway, Volume 3 is the third album released to accompany Gerard Alessandrini's off-Broadway show Forbidden Broadway, which spoofs Broadway's latest musicals. Volume 3 was recorded at Sound On Sound, New York City, November 11 & 15, 1993; mixed at DSW Mastering Studios, NYC, and released in 1994.
The album follows the tradition of pointing fingers at Broadway's latest. But according to Alessandrini in the liner notes, the album almost didn't make the cut. After twelve years, he was ready to quit, but new shows came along and practically offered themselves to parodies. He also mentions that FB has expanded to spoof the less successful musicals. All the "new" lyrics are by Gerard Alesandrini.
Volume 3 spoofs shows like Miss Saigon, Grand Hotel, Blood Brothers, and Kiss of the Spider Woman and stars like Ethel Merman, Michael Crawford, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Dustin Hoffman. Additionally this album features the real Carol Channing as special guest vocal on track #01.
This album, like Volume 2, bears the label "Unoriginal Cast Recording", since it does not feature the original five performers.

Cast

Tracks

The numbers on the album are as following, with the number's name, original song and original composer listed.
01 Carol Channing Sequence

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
02 Forbidden Broadway Volume 3
03 Trouble in New York City
04 Guys And Dolls Sequence

Guys And Dolls
I Know I've Seen This Show Before
A Bushel On My Neck
Chew It
05 Topol

If I Sing It Slower
06 Anna Karenina: The Musical

On The Ashkebad, Tbilisi And Kiev Express
07 Julie Andrews

I Couldn't Hit That Note
08 Grim Hotel
Grim Hotel
I Can't Learn This Song So Quickly
Folies Bergère
09 Barbra: The Broadway Album
Someday
10 Dustin Hoffman
Dear Antonio
The Sound Of Shakespeare
11 Return To Merman And Martin
Everything's Coming Up Merman
Old Fashioned Ballad
There's Nobody In Show Business
12 Miss Saigon
Tonight Who Will Play Miss Saigon?
You Are Hallmark, I Postcard
13 Michael Crawford Sequence
Put On Your Phony Voice
All I Ask Of You
14 Robert Goulet Sequence
Camelounge
15 Mess Of The Spider Woman
Come And See Me
Mess Of The Spider Woman
Queer One
You're A Star
16 Back To Barbra
Back To Broadway
17 Mug Brothers
Tell Me It's Not True
Marilyn Monroe
I Think I'm Acting
Downshow
18 The Who's Tommy
Scenery, Fly Me, Amplify Me
Listening To Us
19 Finale
What Happened To Heart?