Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
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Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (Forbidden Broadway: SVU for short) is the ninth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini
's musical revue. The revue ran Off-Broadway
from 2004 to 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.
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
.
The songs on the Original Cast album are listed below, with the song they parody and the original composer.
Gerard Alessandrini
Gerard 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...
's musical revue. The revue ran Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
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
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
shows and personalities, including the shows Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris focuses on a naive young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss.The...
, Hairspray
Hairspray (musical)
Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...
, Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
, Avenue Q
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...
, Cabaret
Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
, Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
, La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. Based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, it focuses on a gay couple: Georges, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin, his romantic...
, and Bombay Dreams
Bombay Dreams
Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical, with music by A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Don Black and the book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan,and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The London production opened in 2002 and ran for two years...
, and personalities Christina Applegate, Robert Goulet, Cherry Jones, and Kathleen Turner.
Cast
- Ron Bohmer
- Jason Mills
- Megan Lewis
- Jennifer Simard
- Jeanne Montano
- David Caldwell (piano)
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
Christine Pedi
Christine Pedi is a television and theatre actress. She is also a cabaret performer and radio personality and younger cousin of the late Tom Pedi.-Theatre:BroadwayShe has appeared in three Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York....
.
CD Tracks
Source for song list:AmazonThe 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 ("TomorrowTomorrow (1977 song)"Tomorrow" is a song from the musical Annie, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, published in 1977.-Production history in the musical:...
", CharninMartin CharninMartin Charnin is an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director and lyricist of the hit musical Annie....
- StrouseCharles StrouseCharles Strouse is an American composer and lyricist.-Life and career:Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel Strouse...
); On Broadway ("On Broadway") - 02 "Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit" (rewrite of Forbidden Broadway, Volume 2", Alessandrini)
- 03 "Bombay Wet Dreams" - The Lullaby of Bombay ("The Lullaby of Broadway", Warren- Dubin); Hooray for Bollywood ("Hooray for Hollywood")
- 04 "You Gotta Get a Puppet" ("You Gotta Get a Gimmick", Sondheim)
- 05 "It Sucks to be Us" ("It Sucks to be Me")
- 06 "Thoroughly Perky Millie" ("Thoroughly Modern Millie")
- 07 "Movin' Out" ("My Life", Joel)
- 08 "Night Mother" ("That's Amore"); ("Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me")
- 09 "Welcome to the Tonys ("Welcome to the Sixties")
- 10 "The Boy Who's Odd" ("I Go To RioI Go To Rio"I Go to Rio" is a popular song written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, and performed by Allen. It became a signature song of Allen, as well as being covered by Peggy Lee and Pablo Cruise, among others, in addition to being subject to multiple soundtrack inclusions.-History:The song was first...
"); ("Everything Old is New Again") - 11 "I Love Patti" ("I Love Paris")
- 12 "Das Mel Brooks Song" ("Haben Sie Gehört das Deutsche Band?", Brooks)
- 13 "Wickeder" - Glad that You're Popular ("Popular", Schwartz); Defying Chenoweth ("Defying Gravity", Schwartz)
- 14 "No Leading Lady Tonight" ("Luck be a Lady Tonight", Loesser)
- 15 "Forbidden Assassins" ("Unworthy of Your Love", Sondheim)
- 16 "Julie Andrews Hosts PBS- The American Musical: The Next Hundred Years" ("Do- Re- Mi", Rodgers- Hammerstein); ("Fun, Fun, Fun")
- 17 "I Am My Own Cast" ("Wilkommen", Kander- Ebb)
- 18 "Mamma Mia- "Dancing Queen"
- 19 "Fiddler with no Jew" - Direction ("Tradition", Bock- Harnick); Cashmaker ("Matchmaker", Bock- Harnick); ("Sabbath Prayer", Bock- Harnick)
- 20 "Harvey Fierstein as Tevye" ("If I Were a Rich Man", Bock- Harnick)
- 21 "Bernadette Peters in Gypsy" ("Rose's Turn", Styne- Sondheim)
- 22 "Ethel Merman & Friends" ("There's No Business Like Show Business", Berlin)
- 23 Encore: "La Cage Aw Full" - "La Cage Aw Full" ("La Cage Aux Folles", Herman); "The Golden Age" ("The Best of Times", Herman)
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