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 Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking! 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 Brantley, Ben."Giving Their Regards by Skewering the Shows" September 18, 2008 and closed on March 1, 2009. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and was co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George.
The plays and musicals parodied in Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab include August: Osage County, 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.Gans, Andrew.Name Change: Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab Will Open Sept. 17" playbill.com, September 4, 2008Sommer, Elyse."Review, 'Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab' " September 15, 2008
Opening cast
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 Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab All That Chat In the Heights Segment Tale of Two Cities Segment South Pacific Segment Mary Poppins: 2nd Season August: Osage County Daniel Radcliffe in Equus Patti Lupone [sic] In Gypsy Young Frankenstein Xanadude Kristen [sic] Chenoweth: Glitter and Be Glib Sondheim: Putting Up Revivals Stephen Sondheim Finale My Musical Comedy Smile The Pajama Game See Me on a Monday (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 Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
References
External links ForbiddenBroadway.com