"Forbidden B'way Alive & Kicking" - anyone been lately?
"Forbidden B'way Alive & Kicking" - anyone been lately?
#1"Forbidden B'way Alive & Kicking" - anyone been lately?
Posted: 8/28/12 at 3:36pmI know there was thread about this already - but it just turned into a Corine bashing, haha. I'm curious though if anyone has seen the show lately? It officially opens next week, and I'm wondering how it's changed since I went during the first week of previews.... There was a lot of older stuff still in it when I went - Gotta Get A Puppet, Jersey Boys, Wicked, Annie - and no sign of Sister Act, Follies, Megan Hilty, etc that are illustrated in the cartoons on the poster. Has any of that been added yet? Do they still do the Tracie Bennett number?? that was a favorite of mine - she was dead on!!
#2Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 8/29/12 at 5:54am
I went two weeks ago and thought it was great! I posted the set list on the other thread, but I'll post it here again. I wonder how the show has changed since then.
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY set list 8/15/12 8 p.m.
ACT 1
1. FOLLIES: “Bootleg Baby”
2. Forbidden Broadway song
3. EVITA: “In Evita Loca”; “Hello, Buenos Broadway”
4. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: “Nice Song If I Can Sing It”; “S’Wonder Bread”
5. ANNIE (with the cigarette): “Tomorrow”
6. ONCE (a.k.a. ONCE IS ENOUGH): “Leave”; “Falling Slowly/Frere Jacques”
7. MARY POPPINS: Parody of “Supercalifragilitsticexpialidocious”; “Feed the ’Burbs”
8. FOLLIES: “In Stephen’s Ears”
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHER: “Christian Borle Song”
10. SPIDER-MAN “Sue Me Sue Me”
11. GHOST
12. ANYTHING GOES: “Everything Blows”
13. CATHERINE ZETA-JONES cabaret act: “Send In the Hounds”
14. NEWSIES: “Seize the Stage”
ACT 2
15. LION KING
16. JERSEY BOYS: “Scary”; “Walk Like a Man, Sing Like a Girl”; “Big Shows Sell Out”
17. WICKED: “Defying Sanity”
18. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: “The Mucus of the Night”
19. SMASH: “Let Me Be Subpar”
20. END OF THE RAINBOW: “I Wish You Hadn’t Done It”; “Flush, Flush, Flush Goes the Toilet”
21. BOOK OF MORMON: “Hello (Ding Dong)”; “I Believe”
22. PORGY AND BESS: “I Got Plenty of Gershwin”; “O Lord She’s on Her Way to Vacationland”
23. Forbidden Broadway song
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#2Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 8/29/12 at 10:10am
@macnyc I saw the show yesterday and they made some more changes. Different opening number (it's now BRIGADOON themed), ANNIE number was different (it was called GRANNY), there was no Peter and the Starcatcher number, instead an INTO THE WOODS number. Also they added a ROCK OF AGES number in Act 1. SPIDER-MAN was in the second act instead. There was a hilarious Patti Lupone/Mandy Patinkin added in Act 2, instead of PHANTOM. PORGY AND BESS was moved to earlier in the second act, and the last sketch was THE BOOK OF MORMON. Completely different finale with a "Jesus Christ Superstar" cameo, and then the four cast members sing "I Believe."
I saw a preview earlier in August, and these new numbers were hilarious and the show has greatly improved since i first saw it!
Updated On: 8/29/12 at 10:10 AM
#3Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 8/29/12 at 6:38pmAmazing how many changes there have been to the show in just two weeks. They're all working hard. I would like to see it again, maybe via the 20at20 promotion.
PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#4Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 8/29/12 at 7:24pmglad I held off seeing this til after opening, it seems they have made huge changes since the 1st preview
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#5Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/6/12 at 11:02pmHuge changes! I saw it last night and it was fabulous. But, I think the order above was different, and there was no Into the Woods, Peter and the Starcatcher, or Phantom. Once was hilarious, but I was absolutely crying at the Evita part (when she did the whisper-soprano). Also, that guy's Mandy Patinkin was unbelievable. Sounds just like him.
Vagabond Anarchist
Stand-by Joined: 10/29/11
#6Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/6/12 at 11:49pmWould anyone be willing to elaborate on the Peter and the Starcatcher and Into the Woods numbers that were apparently cut? Very curious! Thanks!
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#7Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/7/12 at 7:30pmNatalie Ellis was amazing. I can't remember the other young woman's name, but she was excellent as well, but Natalie was outstanding.
#8Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/8/12 at 8:09pmThey must have been cut really early because when I saw the show in July neither were in the show.
muchadoabout_me2
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/08
#9Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/8/12 at 11:02pmThe Into the Woods number was in when I saw it about three weeks ago. It started with Sondheim singing about the "Agony" of putting up Into the Woods in Central Park, and he was later joined by Donna Murphy and Amy Adams in their respective costumes. I don't remember too many specifics, but I remember a bit involving Amy Adams being endearingly clueless about what she was getting herself into.
#10Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/8/12 at 11:06pmThey should add REBECCA into the show.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#11Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/8/12 at 11:17pm
Maybe they added the numbers after i saw it.
When I saw it, there were not numbers that referenced IN THE WOODS, FOLLIES, GHOST, or PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
We did see an updated version of "You've Gotta Get a Puppet" with a WAR HORSE reference in the place of the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS reference. We had a shortened version of "Wickeder."
I loved the performance I saw, and I'm glad I got the opportunity to enjoy FORBIDDEN BROADWAY live, which is something I had wanted to do for quite some time. I wish I could have seen it after the official opening date as well, but alas living in Houston, TX makes it hard.
#12Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/12/12 at 10:36pmI saw the show tonight. The Patti/Mandy number was my favorite. So funny and their impressions are dead on. Worth seeing again just for that number!
#13Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:54pmthis just announced it'll extend through April 28, 2013. Congrats to the cast & crew. just wondering as I didn't see any listed on their website, but considering they do 8 shows a week, do they have understudies??
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#14Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:56pmDo they still do "In Stephen's Ears"?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#15Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/18/12 at 9:28amI haven't even seen it, but the title "Falling Slowly/Frere Jacques" just made me do a spit-take with my egg sandwich.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#16Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/22/12 at 4:40pm
In Stephen's Ears was still in the show about a month ago.
I may try to take notes when I see it again this Thursday
Agony started as a duet between Sondheim and Hal Prince about the agony of reviving their work, but it changed into the more recent version where Donna Murphy and Amy Adams joined him.
It stayed in until Sondheim was in the audience. They were discussing removing it since ITW had closed and once they saw Sondheim laughing heartily at the number they felt it there was no better time to remove it.
Anyone who is a fan of Seth Rudetsky can see the cast being interviewed at his Broadway Chatterbox. They do a couple medleys of songs from the show during the hour interview
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#17Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 10/28/12 at 12:30am
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY set list 10/25/12 8 p.m.
ACT 1
1. Brigadoon
2. Forbidden Broadway song
3. EVITA: “In Evita Loca”; “Hello, Buenos Broadway”
4. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: “Nice Song If I Can Sing It”; “S’Wonder Bread”
5. ANNIE (with the cigarette): “Tomorrow”
6. ONCE (a.k.a. ONCE IS ENOUGH): “Leave”; “Falling Slowly/Frere Jacques”
7. MARY POPPINS: Parody of “Supercalifragilitsticexpialidocious”; “Feed the ’Burbs”
8. FOLLIES: “In Stephen’s Ears”
9. MARY POPPINS: Feed the Burbs
10. FOLLIES: "In Stephen's Ears"
11. ROCK OF AGES: "We Built This City on NASCAR Shows"
12. ANYTHING GOES: “Everything Blows”
13. CATHERINE ZETA-JONES cabaret act: “Send In the Hounds”
14. GHOST
15. NEWSIES: “Seize the Stage”
ACT 2
16. LION KING: "Circle of Mice"
17. SPIDER-MAN "Sue Me"
18. JERSEY BOYS: “Scary”; “Walk Like a Man, Sing Like a Girl”; “Big Shows Sell Out”
19. PORGY and BESS "Opera Time and the Singin' Ain't Easy"; Diane Paulus; "I Got Plenty of Gershwin"
20. SMASH: “Let Me Be Subpar”
21. MANDY AND PATTI
22. WICKED: “Defying Sanity”
23. END OF THE RAINBOW: “I Wish You Hadn’t Done It”; “Flush, Flush, Flush Goes the Toilet”
24. BOOK OF MORMON: “Hello (Ding Dong)”; “I Believe”
25. Forbidden Broadway song
#18Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/27/12 at 11:35am
The cast recording has just been released, and it's also available on iTunes. Hysterical!
Forbidden Broadway Alive and Kicking
Updated On: 11/27/12 at 11:35 AM
#20Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/27/12 at 9:20pmThe Patti and Mandy skit is ridiculously funny.
#21Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/27/12 at 9:45pmI decided to go see the show again after listening to the cast album.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#22Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/28/12 at 12:02amWhoever is doing the impression of Matthew Broderick on the recording is killing it!
#23Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/28/12 at 9:09am
I actually thought the Sondheim impression on this new recording was spot-on. "...aaaand."
#24Forbidden Broadway set list
Posted: 11/28/12 at 2:33pm
I think the impressions of Bernadette Peters and Harvey Fierstein have been better on previous recordings. And "Buenos Broadway" is really mean spirited, but other than that the recording is very enjoyable.
There should totally be a newsie named Little Dick. 
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