Forbidden Bway ALive & Kicking

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 6:01pm

Saw it last night.

Missed last years so no idea how much is new. Annie bit there as usual. Les Miz reworked to some extent . Wicked still there as well. Lion King bit was trimmed a little. Kinky Boots is funny as is Mandy sendup. Matilda was quite good also.New bit re Alan Cummings return to Cabaret was a rip Patina Miller & Pippin there as well.There was a hilarious bit on the TV version of Sound Of Music.No bits on Gentlemen's Guide or Bridges.

Cast was basically new and no one left from cast of a few years ago but this cast is first rate.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 6:40pm

So very glad to hear. How was the female understudy (Mia Gentile)???

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 7:28pm

Great

She could very easily be in the regular cast.

The performance space keeps getting smaller and smaller. I would love a Forbidden Broadway on Broadway for a limited run with better sets etc.

They also did a Cinderella with the new cast.

Updated On: 3/11/14 at 07:28 PM

[Patash]

Posted: 3/13/14 at 2:28pm

Saw this two weeks ago. My only disappointment was the entire thing was 85 minutes and that INCLUDED a 15 to 20 minute intermission! But the "ticket taker" said they are currently working on a whole lot of new stuff. There was no Mandy send up two weeks ago. But the Fran Drescher as the "step nanny" in Cinderella was sensational! And the Sound of music with Carrie "Underwhelming" or Carrie "Underpitch" taking advice from an Audra in nun's habit singing "Ask any actress" to Climb every Mountain was really funny.
I was thrilled that they put in a whole lot of the Les Miz stuff along with a few new (to me) bits.
And yes, I thought this cast is really terrific.
The Barbra sequence was well done, but seemed out of place to me with no where to go with it.