Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey


Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey is the 21st century's first incarnation of the Off-Broadway revue Forbidden Broadway. It was conceived, created, and written by Gerard Alessandrini and satirizes Broadway's latest shows and stars. Phillip George co-directed with Alessandrini, with Catherine Stornetta as the musical director and piano accompanist. George contributed some of the ideas and dialogue for the sketches.
The show opened in December 2000 in the Stardust Theater. An album, the seventh in the series, accompanies the show, having been recorded and mixed in December 2000 by Cynthia Daniels at Sound on Sound in New York.
The show continues the tradition of commenting on current Broadway issues. It spoofs new shows, including Beauty and the Beast, Aida, and The Full Monty, and the revivals of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Music Man, Cabaret, and Kiss Me, Kate; older shows, such as Annie Get Your Gun, Miss Saigon, and Les Misérables; and personalities, such as Gwen Verdon, Édith Piaf, Heather Headley, Marin Mazzie, Ben Brantley. The reviewer for CurtainUp noted that the "best and most original sequence is the one built around Contact. Business concerns again underpinned it."

Cast

Source: New York Times

Tracks

Source: AllMusic
A list of the songs on the Original Cast recording, with the songs they parody and the original composers listed.
  • 01 "Forbidden Broadway 2001"
  • 02 "Futuristic Stewardess/ Usherette"
  • 03 "Judi Dench"
  • 04 "Trouble in New York City"
  • 05 "The Music Man Revival 2001"
  • 06 "Cole Porter"
  • 07 "Kiss Me, Kate Revival 2001"
  • 08 "I Hate Ben - Marin Mazzie"
  • 09 "Cheryl Ladd in 'Annie Get Your Gun' "
  • 10 "Miss Saigon Farewell"
  • 11 "Saturday Night Fiasco"
  • 12 "Gwen Verdon and the Bob Fosse Dancers"
  • 13 "Liza Minnelli 2001"
Alan Cumming in Cabaret
  • 14 "Let's Ruin Times Square Again"
  • 15 "Ethel Merman and Elton John"
  • 16 "Beauty's Been Decreased"
  • 17 "Being Lupone"
  • 18 "Sondheim's Blues"
  • 19 "Streisand's Farewell Tour"
  • 20 "Les Miz 2001"
  • 21 "Aida"
  • 22 "Elaborate Sets"
  • 23 "Angela Lansbury"
  • 24 "The Full Monty"
  • 25 "76 Hit Shows"
  • 26 "Bows - Ta- Ta Folks"
  • 27 "Joseph and the Amazing High "C" "- Bonus Track