FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Joined: 12/31/69
#0FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:22pm
So I went with friends tonight to FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Special Victims Unit, and we all laughed our heads silly.
The PIAZZA parody is worth the price of admission alone.
The CHICAGO number was side-splitting, and so on the mark.
The Puppets, the Chita/Rita, the Julie Andrews, "Tommorow," the Norbert Leo Butz, the WICKED - Kristin/Idina "Defying," the Merm, the Jackman, oh, and Yoko Ono, among others had the entire audience rolling in the aisles.
Yes, it's funny.
Yes, it's brilliant.
Yes, it's worth your time.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#1re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:25pmIs there a guy named Brandon Upshaw in it? He's from my home town and I heard he was in the show.
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#2re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:28pmeveryone raved over the piazza parody. Any particularly hilarious details?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:33pm
No Brandon Upshaw...there's a Jared Bradshaw though.
Without providing spoilers on the PIAZZA parody -- the hat, the contents of Fabrizio's bag, the guidebook were noted laughs. Overall however the parody itself was just plain funny, but one has to know the show.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#4re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:37pmTHATS him! how was he? Doesnt he do Fabricio(sp?)?
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#5re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:47pm
It is the funniest version of all time.
Gerard is a genius. 
Glad you finally saw it. I go quite often.
Did you go to the TALKBACK with Gerard?
You really need to go into the words with Gerard.
Updated On: 1/27/06 at 11:47 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:49pm
Bradshaw, and all the cast, are quite, quite good.
All a delight.
Thanks, Corine. I'm glad I went, too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:49pm
Bradshaw, and all the cast, are quite, quite good.
All a delight.
Thanks, Corine. I'm glad I went, too.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#8re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/27/06 at 11:51pm
I went last week. Wish I was there this week.
I will be doing a talkback with Gerard and the cast on March 3rd. Hope you can all make it.
Go into the words.....
Was Donna English in the show tonight?
Updated On: 1/27/06 at 11:51 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/28/06 at 10:28amIf you saw it over a year ago, how much is new & how much are standards they always do?
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#10re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/28/06 at 11:15am
They change it 6 times a year.
Mainly, they change it when the cast changes. Different numbers work with different cast members. I was excited that they brought back a new version of Chita/Rita (has been out for years)and I love that Cherry Jones asked Gerard to do the Doubt number.
FB, is a blast.
Updated On: 1/28/06 at 11:15 AM
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#11re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/28/06 at 11:24am
The PIAZZA parody may be the funniest thing FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has ever done.
But they REALLY need to kill the "Beauty's Been Decreased" number. Has it finally been taken out in favor of "Chita/Rita" now?
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/28/06 at 11:33amI think Annie & the cameron Macintosh number need to go to the old folks home as well
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elphie30
Understudy Joined: 2/5/05
#13re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY in NYC -- First time back in years
Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:29pmI love jared bradshaw i saw him here in long island at the gateway playhouse when he was here in the winter and last summer i became a fan. i can't wait to see him in Forbidden broadway
Save him please, just save him
My poor Boq, my sweet, my brave him
Don't leave me till my sorry life has scene
Alone and loveless here, just the girl in the mirror
Just her and me, the Wicked Witch of the East
#14re: **POSSIBLE SPOILER** FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
Posted: 1/28/06 at 1:13pm
Well, unless the opening number changes every few months or she gets resurrected...you might have gotten your wish with the Annie parody in the show.
But I think she will probably be back - it's been with the show since the very beginning.
This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: **POSSIBLE SPOILER** FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
Posted: 1/28/06 at 1:32pm
"Beauty's Been Decreased" was the weakest in the show.
The Turner/DOUBT piece was OK.
"Chita/Rita" worked very well.
#16re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/28/06 at 1:48pmI was hoping for the Chita/Rita number when I was there during Christmas, but I guess it was still being rehearsed or just too early since the Chita show just opened. Hmmm, I'm just going to have to see this show again when I am in NYC later this year.
This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...
#17re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/28/06 at 5:36pmI was thinking of seeing this tomorrow afternoon. How much is it? Do they have student tixs? Thanks.
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
~Leonard Bernstein~
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#18re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/28/06 at 6:28pmI LOOOVED it when I saw it in NY and plan on seeing it in a few weeks when it comes to Boston.
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
#19re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/29/06 at 8:26amI loved the show, but i really want to see the Spamalot and Piazza parody.
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/29/06 at 8:59am
Composer9, check the boards (see drop down menu top right corner of your screen) for exact ticket prices and policies.
SPAM parody was cute, but not as funny for reasons I won't explain to avoid giving anything ways.
The costuming continues to be brilliantly clevery and funny in its own right.
#21re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:00amHas always been a favorite of mine. Yoko Ono was a scream, and the Chitty was wonderful!! can not wait to go again. Sadly it will have to wait until after the musical at BGG's school. (which is Urinetown and not the one in NH. So consider yourselves invited!!)
"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
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#22re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:53am
I agree about the Beauty and the Beast number, they keep it in for tourists.
My new favorites: Piazza and the Yoko number.
When Yoko screams it makes me laugh so hard I cry.
I love the Doubt number. But when Yoko says:
:"Don't give peace a chance, GIVE ME A PEACE" I lose it.
It is so funny.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#23re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 1/30/06 at 6:05am
The ANNIE parody varies. There have been several lyric changes over the years, however it is always Annie in the red dress singing to the tune of Tomorrow.
I always liked the original BEAUTY AND THE BEAST parody...
'It's a trip/It's a trap/ Dressing up inside this crap...'
Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#24re: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Chita/Rita
Posted: 2/6/06 at 10:57pmyay for Jared! he went to my college!
"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"
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