Will "Forbidden Broadway" Make A Comeback?

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Will "Forbidden Broadway" Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 4:37pm

Will Forbidden Broadway ever rise from the ashers, much like a phoenix? I can only imagine what they would do to "Spiderman".
from RC in Austin, Texas (NYC: March 15-18, 2011)

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#2

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 5:46pm

I was just thinking about this the other day. They could do half their show just on Spiderman material. It needs to return!!

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#3

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 5:49pm

From Corines Corner:

"I like Forbidden Broadway. I got comps. I saw it many times. It was good each time. One time it was great. I think a lot of times it was great too. They are funny. I don't pay to see it. It is free. For me. Forbidden Broadway is love. Please come back Forbidden Broadway. I saw a puppet once in the street and gave it a hug. Hugs are like Forbidden Broadway. When I get comps."

I think that means it will come back.

#4

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:07pm

One can only hope.

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#5

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:11pm

I hope so!!! I never got to see it, but I'm obsessed with some of the CDs.

#6

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:17pm

I would hope so. It was rarely not funny. There were always two or three skits that were knockouts.

#7

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:18pm

What is a shame is that many of the parodies were never released on CD.

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#8

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:23pm

I was listening to it in class the other day and was just laughing out loud and crying so much!

Hope it does make a comeback!

#9

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 6:31pm

When FORBIDDEN BWY was good, it was very good. I did, however, catch a few versions of it that fell flat. At one performance, Mayor Ed Koch was in the audience and we talked about the show during intermission. He agreed with me that many of the jokes were missing their marks.

I don't think I bothered going back after that one.

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#10

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 7:27pm

I could see it doing a short annual season of a couple of months. It could become a popular yearly event.

#11

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 7:35pm

I always thought that it WAS a yearly event and it switched out premises every other Broadway season. When I lived there in 06, SVU was running and I know there have been two or three since. I hope it comes back.

#12

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/23/11 at 7:59pm

Two years ago the local summer theater--The Gateway--brought in the touring company for a week. I didn't see it but I understand they added lots of regional jokes.

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#13

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 8:43am

This is the second year (though not consecutive) that the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami brings in Forbidden Broadway. I wasn't aware it was no longer playing in NYC. Like Dollypop said, they added a lot of regional jokes, playing only songs from shows that have played the Miami/Ft Lauderdale circuit, so a lot of Mamma Mia, Lion King, and Wicked jokes. I don't remember laughing too much this time, and was disappointed when they didn't sing "Chita-Rita"

#14

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 9:19am

Forbidden was suffering from too many OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD sketches. "I'm 30 years old Tomorrow" zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


I think the best thing for the show is to take this hiatus like it did in the early 90's so it can come back with a nice array of new material ... I am sure Gerard is chomping at the bit to come back .. but why reopen it for the sake of one or two new numbers.

#15

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 10:36am

If LuPone plays Dolly Levi, then Forbidden Broadway MUST come back.

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#16

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 8:13pm

Where are the street puppets that we can hug?

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#17

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 8:24pm

A yearly event would be great. Do it June-August, since most new shows (and source material) are released February-April, and high tourist time combined with the dedicated fans that only want to see it every time it's new would be enough to fill small theaters for a few months a year, rather than struggling to fill the theater for 400 performances a year.

#18

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/24/11 at 8:58pm

In the meantime, for those who have the good fortune to visit San Francisco, there's the West Coast cousin of "Forbidden Broadway..... Beach Blanket Babylon. Every once in a while, I listen to FB's Patti LuPone's "Gypsy" on Sirius XM on Broadway. It's a scream! Is it available for download (I mean legally)? from RC in Austin, Texas... NYC: March 15-18, 2011

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"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

#19

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/25/11 at 4:43pm

Also - most of the cast I saw the last time in Forbidden Broadway is now in Newsical the Musical. Still as funny as ever..

#20

Will 'Forbidden Broadway' Make A Comeback?

Posted: 1/25/11 at 6:20pm

I certainly hope it makes a comeback - it always was the best value for money compared to Broadway shows.

To illustrate just how much they kept up-to-date, I bought the cd of "Forbidden Broadway:Special Victims Unit" but by the time I saw the show it was pretty much a different show!