How come this show never transferred? I mean it is not literally "forbidden" is it? Besides with every show on Broadway spoofing Broadway, is there really still a need for FB?
So sorry to hear that! I really enjoyed "Rude Awakening". I thought it was for the most part one of their best ever, especially the spoof of Spring Awakening, and The Little Mermaid flipping around the stage was hysterical! I saw it on a weeknight and the house looked virtually full, but there were a few times I was there years ago with about 50 other people, on discounts. They didn't rule out a come back, and I hope it happens in the not too distant future. btw: Valerie Fagan, she's still got it!
As I have stated before, this news is a real BUMMER!!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
I've seen it many times from the year it started. But I'll never forgive them for ruining Les Miserables for me. Now whenever I see the real show and the turntable starts moving I get the giggles big time. And when the little one is on the shoulders all I can think of is that little dummy strapped onto shoulders flapping in the breeze.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
As long as there are Broadway fans there will be a place for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. Maybe in future they should look at doing a limited season. What is sad is that there is so little revue about nowdays and this closing makes for one less revue.
What's the [title of show] skit? I saw FB a week ago and didn't see it.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
I saw FB once at the very beginning, in the early '80s, and laughed my fool head off. More recently, I thought of it like I think of the Statue of Liberty: I'm glad it's there, but I never go to see it.
Except now it won't be there. I'm a little sad, but it just means that parody Broadway lyrics will once more become truly insider references, calling cards of a secret club, rather than trying to find an audience of their own.