Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit


Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit is the ninth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's musical revue which ran Off-Broadway from 2004 to 2007.

Production

Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit opened on December 16, 2004 at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, closed on May 29, 2005 and reopened at the 47th Street Theatre on June 24, 2005, finally closing on April 15, 2007.
The "Forbidden Broadway" series entered its twenty-fifth year running off-Broadway. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and is co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George. George also contributes some of the parody ideas and sketches.
The revue continues the series' tradition of spoofing contemporary Broadway shows and personalities, including the shows Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hairspray, Wicked, Avenue Q, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, and Bombay Dreams, and personalities Christina Applegate, Robert Goulet, Cherry Jones, and Kathleen Turner.

Cast

This cast is featured on the show's accompanying album of the same title, the eighth volume in the series. The album also features a guest appearance by Christine Pedi.

CD tracks

Source for song list:Amazon
The songs on the Original Cast album are listed below, with the song they parody and the original composer.
  • 01 "The Crime Scene" - Thirty Years Old Tomorrow ; On Broadway
  • 02 "Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit"
  • 03 "Bombay Wet Dreams" - The Lullaby of Bombay ; Hooray for Bollywood
  • 04 "You Gotta Get a Puppet"
  • 05 "It Sucks to be Us"
  • 06 "Thoroughly Perky Millie"
  • 07 "Movin' Out"
  • 08 "Night Mother" ;
  • 09 "Welcome to the Tonys
  • 10 "The Boy Who's Odd" ;
  • 11 "I Love Patti"
  • 12 "Das Mel Brooks Song"
  • 13 "Wickeder" - Glad that You're Popular ; Defying Chenoweth
  • 14 "No Leading Lady Tonight"
  • 15 "Forbidden Assassins"
  • 16 "Julie Andrews Hosts PBS- The American Musical: The Next Hundred Years" ;
  • 17 "I Am My Own Cast"
  • 18 "Mamma Mia- "Dancing Queen"
  • 19 "Fiddler with no Jew" - Direction ; Cashmaker ;
  • 20 "Harvey Fierstein as Tevye"
  • 21 "Bernadette Peters in Gypsy"
  • 22 "Ethel Merman & Friends"
  • 23 Encore: "La Cage Aw Full" - "La Cage Aw Full" ; "The Golden Age"