Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
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Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab is the final incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini
's long-running hit Off-Broadway
musical revue Forbidden Broadway
, which parodies notable current Broadway
and Off Broadway musicals
. The revue ran in 2008.
's 47th Street Theatre and closed on March 1, 2009. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and was co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George.
The plays and musicals parodied in Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab include August: Osage County, Equus, Spring Awakening, In the Heights
, A Tale of Two Cities
, South Pacific
, Mary Poppins
, Gypsy, Sunday In The Park With George
, Young Frankenstein
, and Xanadu
. The personalities portrayed include Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli and Kristin Chenoweth.
All That Chat - Cast- Bebe Neuwirth played by Christina Bianco, Bloggers: Gina Kreiezmar & James Donegan
In the Heights - Cast- Lin-Manuel Miranda played by Michael West, Piragua Man: James Donegan, Abuela Claudia: Gina Kreiezmar, Maira from "West Side Story": Christina Bianco
The tracks featured on the cast recording
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 long-running hit 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...
musical revue Forbidden Broadway
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...
, which parodies notable current 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...
and Off Broadway musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. The revue ran in 2008.
Production
Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab opened on September 17, 2008 at New YorkNew York City
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's 47th Street Theatre and closed on March 1, 2009. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and was co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George.
The plays and musicals parodied in Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab include August: Osage County, Equus, Spring Awakening, In the Heights
In the Heights
In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights....
, A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (musical)
A Tale of Two Cities is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens....
, South Pacific
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
, Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (musical)
Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...
, Gypsy, Sunday In The Park With George
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical was inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat...
, Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein (musical)
Young Frankenstein, officially known as The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks, who has...
, and Xanadu
Xanadu (musical)
Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. The title is a reference to the poem, Kubla Khan, or A...
. The personalities portrayed include Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli and Kristin Chenoweth.
Opening Cast
- Christina Bianco
- Jared Bradshaw
- Gina Kreiezmar
- Michael West
- David Caldwell, music director and piano
Replacements and Understudies
- James Donegan replaced Jared Bradshaw
- Kristen Mengelkoch, female understudy
- William Selby, male understudy/dance captain
Parodies
Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab - Entire Cast - A revision of the Forbidden Broadway theme. It talks about people being "broadway-a-holics.All That Chat - Cast- Bebe Neuwirth played by Christina Bianco, Bloggers: Gina Kreiezmar & James Donegan
- All That Jazz from Chicago
- Broadway Prices are High
- Broadway Info on the Internet
- A Shot Rings Out - Like in the musical, Chicago
In the Heights - Cast- Lin-Manuel Miranda played by Michael West, Piragua Man: James Donegan, Abuela Claudia: Gina Kreiezmar, Maira from "West Side Story": Christina Bianco
- In the Heights from In the HeightsIn the HeightsIn the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights....
Original Cast album
Source:iTunesThe tracks featured on the cast recording
- Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
- All That Chat
- In the HeightsIn the HeightsIn the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights....
Segment - Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities (musical)A Tale of Two Cities is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens....
Segment - South Pacific Segment
- Mary Poppins: 2nd Season
- August: Osage CountyAugust: Osage CountyAugust: Osage County is a darkly comedic play by Tracy Letts. It was the recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on 28 June 2007, and closed on 26 August 2007. Its Broadway debut was at the Imperial Theater on 4 December 2007 and...
- Daniel RadcliffeDaniel RadcliffeDaniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor who rose to prominence playing the titular character in the Harry Potter film series....
in EquusEquus (play)Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses.... - Patti Lupone [sicPatti LuPonePatti Ann LuPone is an American singer and actress, known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical Evita and as Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, and for her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in the original London cast of Les...
] In Gypsy - Young Frankenstein
- Xanadude
- Kristen [sic] ChenowethKristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth is an American singer and actress, with credits in musical theatre, film and television. She is best known on Broadway for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown , for which she won a Tony Award, and for originating the role of Glinda in the musical...
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: Putting Up Revivals - Stephen Sondheim Finale
- My Musical Comedy Smile
- The Pajama GameThe Pajama GameThe Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded...
- See Me on a Monday
- (Dying Is Easy) Comedy Is Hard
See also
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