Forbidden Broadway
Forbidden Broadway
#0Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 4:09pmI was just wondering....like what all does it involve. Like i know it's all spoofs, but is there a plot to it? If someon could tell me more about it that wuold be really great.
#1re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 4:45pm
I saw this last night.
There is no plot - it's just a revue of a whole bunch of broadway songs from mostly current shows that they rip apart - it's absolutely side splittingly hysterical at points. Other times, it's okay. But when it's funny, it's f-ing brilliant. These were some highlights for me:
"It Sucks to me Me," sung by Brooke Shields, Tom Hewitt, Stephen Schwartz, and a Japanese Tourist.
"Defying Chenoweth"
"Unworthy of your Words" - Squeaky and Hinckley (?) from ASSASSINS
The woman playing Bernadette Peters is PHENOMINAL...she's exactly like her. She also plays Judy Garland and that is what really made me loose it. They also have Carol Channing at last years' Tonys and I about peed.
#2re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 4:54pmDoes "Edie Falco" still come out and announce that she is going to kill herself, or have they stopped doing that since NIGHT MOTHER closed?
#3re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 4:59pm
does anyone know if the cd will have everything on it? or just the songs? is it like skits too?
#4re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:05pmI was the ONLY person howling at "Unworthy of Your Words". I didn't understand... it was HILARIOUS.
#5re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:06pm
Yes, MEF, the Edie Falco skit was WONDERFUL. It was so funny, I wish I could remember all the lines. The woman that played Brenda/Bernadette/Judy Garland is BRILLIANT. I love how in the beginning when the woman is dramatically describing a traumatic broadway experience she's holding a BROOKLYN playbill.
One line I remember from Edie Falco:
Edie: I'm going to kill myself!
Brenda: The New York Times already has...
the CD usually has a little dialogue. Are they recording it?
#6re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:06pmwho performs "Defying Chenoweth" ?
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#7re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:08pmAmazon has a release date for FBSVU at the end of April.
#8re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:13pmUm...the two women, Megan Lewis and Jennifer Simard. It's so amusing. When Elphaba "flies," the monkeys carry out a crate for her to stand on, a fan, then stand there and shake her cape back and forth. It's so great.
#9re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 5:16pmI want to see that, it sounds hysterical! I s'pose Ill just have to wait for that CD
Swiftynifty15
Broadway Star Joined: 9/18/04
#11re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/27/05 at 6:42pmThe picture of Defying Chenoweth on Broadway.com looks funny.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#12re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/28/05 at 12:10am
saw this last night.
There is no plot - it's just a revue of a whole bunch of broadway songs from mostly current shows that they rip apart - it's absolutely side splittingly hysterical at points. Other times, it's okay. But when it's funny, it's f-ing brilliant. These were some highlights for me:
"It Sucks to me Me," sung by Brooke Shields, Tom Hewitt, Stephen Schwartz, and a Japanese Tourist. (the tourist is a spoof on AVENUE Q- Suppossed to be Christmas Eve.
"Defying Chenoweth"
"Unworthy of your Words" - Squeaky and Hinckley (?) from ASSASSINS
The woman playing Bernadette Peters is PHENOMINAL...she's exactly like her. She also plays Judy Garland and that is what really made me loose it. They also have Carol Channing at last years' Tonys and I about peed.
(Megan Lewis- Is great as Carol and Idina. Simard plays Bernadette to perfection.
Also it is not IT SUCKS TO BE ME. IT IS IT SUCKS TO BE YOU.
It is a must see.
#13re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/28/05 at 12:37amYay...next week!!
sipos
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/04
#14re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/28/05 at 12:25pm
That's hilarious. Can't wait for the cd if I don't see it first.
Love me some F.B.
joniray
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/04
#15re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/28/05 at 12:36pmCorine, is Megan Lewis still doing Sutton Foster (as Millie) and Sarah Brightman? I thought she was hysterical in those roles as well! And the notes she hit as Brightman, my God, that girl has a range!
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#16re: Forbidden Broadway
Posted: 2/28/05 at 1:58pm
Yes she is. But her Brightman is not as good as Pedi.
Her Idina is outstanding as is her Carol Channing.
She is a very talented performer. 
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
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