Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab explained

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
Music:	Various
Lyrics:	Gerard Alessandrini
Basis:	Broadway musicals
Productions:	2008 Off Broadway

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab is the 2008 incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's long-running hit Off-Broadway musical revue Forbidden Broadway, which parodies notable current Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. It was initially announced that this would be the final version of the show, until the franchise was revived with in 2012 and Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging! in 2014.

Production

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab opened on September 17, 2008 at New York's 47th Street Theatre ^[1] and closed on March 1, 2009. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini^[2] and was co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George.

The plays and musicals parodied in Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab include , Equus, Spring Awakening, In the Heights, A Tale of Two Cities, South Pacific, Mary Poppins, Gypsy, Sunday In The Park With George, Young Frankenstein, and Xanadu. The personalities portrayed include Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli and Kristin Chenoweth.^{[3] [4]}

Opening cast

^[1]

• Christina Bianco
• Jared Bradshaw
• Gina Kreiezmar
• Michael West
• David Caldwell, music director and piano

Replacements and understudies

• James Donegan replaced Jared Bradshaw
• Kristen Mengelkoch, female understudy
• William Selby, male understudy/dance captain

Original cast album

The tracks featured on the cast recording^[5]

1. Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
2. All That Chat
3. In the Heights Segment
4. Tale of Two Cities Segment
5. South Pacific Segment
6. Mary Poppins: 2nd Season
   1. Daniel Radcliffe in Equus
7. Patti Lupone [sic] In Gypsy
8. Young Frankenstein
9. Xanadude
10. Kristen [sic] Chenoweth: Glitter and Be Glib
11. Sondheim: Putting Up Revivals
12. Stephen Sondheim Finale
13. My Musical Comedy Smile
14. The Pajama Game
15. See Me on a Monday
16. (Dying Is Easy) Comedy Is Hard

See also

• Forbidden Broadway
• Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1
• Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2
• Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3
• Forbidden Hollywood
• Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back
• Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act

External links

• ForbiddenBroadway.com

Notes and References

1. Brantley, Ben."Giving Their Regards by Skewering the Shows" September 18, 2008
2. Web site: Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging! Brand New Edition at The Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street - Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls it "A Godsend"!. www.forbiddenbroadway.com. 8 August 2018.
3. Gans, Andrew.Name Change: Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab Will Open Sept. 17" playbill.com, September 4, 2008
4. Sommer, Elyse."Review, 'Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab' " September 15, 2008
5. Web site: Connecting to Apple Music.. itunes.apple.com. 8 August 2018.