Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1
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Forbidden Broadway, known also as Forbidden Broadway, Volume 1, is the first album released by Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of Forbidden Broadway
. Because the album features the five cast members from the original show, the album bears the label "Original Cast Recording."
The album, recorded June 28, 1984 at Time Capsules Studios in New York, spoofs Broadway's latest hits, including Amadeus
, Evita, The Pirates of Penzance
, and Annie
and attacking stars like Carol Channing
, Angela Lansbury
, Ethel Merman
, and Jerry Herman
.
01 Forbidden Broadway (original, Alessandrini)
02 Amadeus ("Non Piu Andrai", Mozart)
03 Don't Cry For Me ("Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", Webber-Rice)
04 Annie's Favorite Showtune ("Tomorrow", Straus-Charnin)
05 Pirates Of Penzance Sequence (Gilbert-Sullivan)
06 Be A Catholic ("Be Italian", Yeston)
07 Triplets (Schwartz-Dietz)
08 Bankable Stars ("Beautiful Girls", Sondheim)
09 I'm Entertainment ("That's Entertainment", Schwartz-Dietz)
10 Angela Lansbury Sequence
Mame (Herman)
If The Show Had Run Past Labor Day ("If He Walked Into My Life", Herman)
11 Audition Sequence
Soliloquy from Carousel (excerpt, Rodgers-Hammerstein)
I'm Sick Of Playing Their Songs ("They're Playing Our Song", Hamlisch-Sager)
12 Merman and Martin Sequence
It's De-Merman ("It's De-Lovely", Porter)
I'm Larry Hagman's Mother ("My Heart Belongs To Daddy", Porter)
Mutual Aggravation Society ("Mutual Admiration Society", Dubey-Karr)
13 Carol Channing Sequence
Call On Carol ("Call On Dolly", Herman)
"Dolly Is A Girl's Best Friend" ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", Styne-Robin)
Oh, No, Carol! ("Hello, Dolly!", Herman)
14 Ambition ("Tradition", Bock-Harnick)
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain
" (excerpt, Rodgers-Hammerstein)
15 Forbidden Broadway (reprise, Alessandrini)
Forbidden Broadway
Forbidden Broadway is an Off-Broadway satirical revue conceived, written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini. The original version of the revue opened on January 15, 1982 at Palsson's Supper Club in New York City and ran for 2,332 performances. Alessandrini has rewritten the show over a dozen...
. Because the album features the five cast members from the original show, the album bears the label "Original Cast Recording."
The album, recorded June 28, 1984 at Time Capsules Studios in New York, spoofs Broadway's latest hits, including Amadeus
Amadeus
Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer.It is based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, highly fictionalized.Amadeus was first performed in 1979...
, Evita, The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences...
, and Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
and attacking stars like Carol Channing
Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing is an American singer, actress, and comedienne. She is the recipient of three Tony Awards , a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination...
, Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...
, Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's...
, and Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...
.
Cast
- Gerard AlessandriniGerard AlessandriniGerard Alessandrini is an American playwright, parodist, actor and theatre director best known for creating the award-winning off-Broadway musical theatre parody revue Forbidden Broadway...
- Fred BartonFred BartonFred Barton is an American composer, lyricist, director, actor, singer, arranger, conductor, and pianist who made his New York debut in 1982 as co-creator-arranger-performer-pianist in the original company of the internationally acclaimed revue Forbidden Broadway, appearing in the New York, L.A...
(piano) - Bill Carmichael
- Nora Mae Lyng
- Chloe WebbChloe WebbChloe Webb is an American actress.Webb was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. Her New York theater debut was in the original cast of the long-running musical satire Forbidden Broadway...
Tracks
The musical numbers on the album are listed here. The number's title is given, with the song it spoofs and the original composer listed in parentheses. All the "new" parody lyrics are by Gerard Alessandrini.01 Forbidden Broadway (original, Alessandrini)
02 Amadeus ("Non Piu Andrai", Mozart)
03 Don't Cry For Me ("Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", Webber-Rice)
04 Annie's Favorite Showtune ("Tomorrow", Straus-Charnin)
05 Pirates Of Penzance Sequence (Gilbert-Sullivan)
06 Be A Catholic ("Be Italian", Yeston)
07 Triplets (Schwartz-Dietz)
08 Bankable Stars ("Beautiful Girls", Sondheim)
09 I'm Entertainment ("That's Entertainment", Schwartz-Dietz)
10 Angela Lansbury Sequence
Mame (Herman)
If The Show Had Run Past Labor Day ("If He Walked Into My Life", Herman)
11 Audition Sequence
Soliloquy from Carousel (excerpt, Rodgers-Hammerstein)
I'm Sick Of Playing Their Songs ("They're Playing Our Song", Hamlisch-Sager)
12 Merman and Martin Sequence
It's De-Merman ("It's De-Lovely", Porter)
I'm Larry Hagman's Mother ("My Heart Belongs To Daddy", Porter)
Mutual Aggravation Society ("Mutual Admiration Society", Dubey-Karr)
13 Carol Channing Sequence
Call On Carol ("Call On Dolly", Herman)
"Dolly Is A Girl's Best Friend" ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", Styne-Robin)
Oh, No, Carol! ("Hello, Dolly!", Herman)
14 Ambition ("Tradition", Bock-Harnick)
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Here it is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess...
" (excerpt, Rodgers-Hammerstein)
15 Forbidden Broadway (reprise, Alessandrini)
See also
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