Forbidden Broadway review 8/11

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:56am

This past Wednesday i went to Summer Shock with my best friend.(Wickedrox) We both were so excited to see this play. From everyone's reviews on this site, we were getting ready to see this hilarious show! When we sat down in our seats, we were so excited to be there and we were getting ready for the best laughs of our lives. As the show began, we were just staring blankly at the stage wondering what was going on. We had seen all of the plays that it roasted so that wasn't the problem. We didn't know what we got ourselves into. Don't get me wrong the actors were very good singers and were funny but the actual show was just missing something.

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 11:56 AM

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:18pm

anyone want to comment?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:22pm

too stunned...

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:24pm

why you loved it? I didn't hate it, it just didn't meet my expectations.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:31pm

I loved it! And so did my friend! My fave so far (my third time).

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:35pm

I mean i give the actors credit and it was good, but... i wasn't peeing in my pants kind of laughing you know?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:38pm

We were.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:51pm

I saw the show on New Year's Eve and posted a lengthy message saying that it wasn't funny any more. The sharpness was missing and some of the performers weren't up to snuff. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY was brilliant for the first few years of its run, but now it's time to bid it goodbye.

[twogaab2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:53pm

The last time I saw it, it had gone horribly flat and stale. The performers just seemed to be going throught the motions.

Just my opinion, I may be wrong.

[kayleric]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:57pm

I was at the 8/11 performance also. I thought it was hysterical but it was the first time I had been to the show. Every one has their own view of what's funny so to each his own, right?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:58pm

It's a new show as of I believe June, some new cast too.

[BalletGirl85]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:00pm

Ummm...I think to understand what is so funny about it, you need to have seen more than just Wicked. I saw it two summers ago and laughed my butt off and again in the spring. It's hilarious.

[Qfan]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:02pm

alright so corine is gonig to hurt someone in this thread

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:40pm

I am sorry. I think Forbidden Broadway is the funniest show Off- Broadway.
Maybe you missed some of the inside jokes. The more times you see it the more you love it.
I do have to say that this version was not as strong as the others but it has a new version in September.
Donna English is no longer in the show and she was one of my favorites.
Did you love Defying Chenoweth?
(32 times and counting)
The Defying Chenoweth number is hysterical. Updated On: 8/13/04 at 01:40 PM

[GaLiNdaFied]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:42pm

Corine, I think we were all just waiting for your comment

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:46pm

When someone says anything bad about FB i get very upset.
I have nothing to do with the show but i really love it.
I am telling you, it will grow on you! Updated On: 8/13/04 at 01:46 PM

[Blonde]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:15pm

I saw it august 4th and thought it was hilarious. I haven't seen past shows to compare it to but I loved it.

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 02:15 PM

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:35pm

Yes i loved Defying Chenoweth, but i thought that i would need to leave the theatre because i would be laughing so hard. I never said the show was bad.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:36pm

The show is great!

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:37pm

kayleric, where were you sitting? My friend and I were sitting in row C. I was wearing these purple artsy glasses lol. If you were sitting in the row behind us i know who you are.

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 02:37 PM

[kayleric]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:51pm

Wicked, I was in row E with my boyfriend (seats 9 and 10). I know the people you're thinking of. We were laughing but not that loud lol.

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 2:58pm

I know those people were very loud. When the guy was coming on to do I am My Own Wife, everyone started laughing and when it was silent i said "Oh i get it" a little too loud. Do you remember?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:08pm

Corine, you state that FORBIDDEN BROADWAY will grow on me. Are you implying that the show is really a fungus?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:10pm

Hahaha. This is good...

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:39pm

Defying Dollypop should be the next song.
Updated On: 8/13/04 at 03:39 PM