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Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1
''Forbidden Broadway'', known also as ''Forbidden Broadway, Volume 1'', is the first album released by Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of Forbidden Broadway. Because the album features the five cast members from the original show, the album bears the label "Original Cast Recording." The album, recorded June 28, 1984 at Time Capsules Studios in New York, spoofs Broadway's latest hits, including '' Amadeus'', ''Evita'', '' The Pirates of Penzance'', and ''Annie'' and spoofs stars such as Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Ethel Merman, and Jerry Herman. Cast * Gerard Alessandrini * Fred Barton (piano) * Bill Carmichael * Nora Mae Lyng * Chloe Webb Tracks The musical numbers on the album are listed here. The number's title is given, with the song it spoofs and the original composer listed in parentheses. All the "new" parody lyrics are by Gerard Alessandrini. 01 Forbidden Broadway (original, Alessandrini) 02 Amadeus ("Non più andrai", Mozart) 03 Don't Cry For Me ("Don't Cry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Broadway
''Forbidden Broadway'' is an Off-Broadway revue parodying musical theatre, particularly Broadway musicals. It was conceived, written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini. The original version of the revue opened on January 15, 1982, at Palsson's Supper Club in New York City and ran for 2,332 performances. Alessandrini has rewritten the show more than a dozen times over the years to include parodies of newer shows. In the original iteration of the show, Alessandrini was one of the original actors alongside the actress Nora Mae Lyng, whom Alessandrini said he "created it for.". Michael Chapman directed and produced. In 1982, Jeff Martin succeeded Chapman as director. Alessandrini assumed the directing position subsequently, with Phillip George, Alessandrini's long-time collaborator, co-directing or directing all of the editions of the revue since 2004. The show, in its various editions, received over 9,000 performances by 2009 and has been seen in more than 200 U.S. cities as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 800 works of virtually every genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphony, symphonic, concerto, concertante, chamber music, chamber, operatic, and choir, choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". Born in Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on Keyboard instrument, keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Broadway Goes To Rehab
''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, Be"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 Popp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rude Awakening
Rude Awakening may refer to: Film and television * ''Pochardiana ou le Rêveur éveillé'', (''Rude Awakening'' in English), (1908) a film directed by Georges Méliès * ''Rude Awakening'' (1975), a short film directed by Warren Sonbert * "Rude Awakening" (1980), an episode in the '' Hammer House of Horror'' TV Series * ''Rude Awakening'' (film) (1989), a film directed by David Greenwalt and Aaron Russo * ''Rude Awakening'' (TV series) an American TV series from 1998 – 2001 * ''Rude Awakenings'', a New Zealand TV series from 2007 Music * ''Rude Awakening'' (Andy Irvine album), a 1991 album by Irish folk musician Andy Irvine * ''Rude Awakening'' (Prong album), a 1996 album by American metal band Prong * ''Rude Awakening'' (Megadeth album), a 2002 live album by American heavy metal band Megadeth * "Rude Awakening #2", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the album '' Pendulum'' * "Rude Awakening", a song by AG on his album '' The Dirty Version'' * "Rude Awakening", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Victims Unit
A Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a specialized division within some police departments. The detectives in this division typically investigate crimes involving sexual assault or victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling such as the very young, the very elderly, or the disabled. United States New York City The New York City Police Department's Special Victims Division investigates sex crimes. It is housed in separate Borough Patrols (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn). The Special Victims Division only investigates the following types of cases: * Any child under 11 years of age who is the victim of abuse by a parent or person legally responsible for the care of the child. * Any child under 13 years of age who is the victim of any sex crime or attempted sex crime. * Any victim of rape (all degrees) or attempted rape (all degrees). * Any victim of a criminal sexual act (all degrees) or attempted criminal sexual act (all degrees). * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spoof Odyssey
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
{{Unreferenced, date=January 2008 ''Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act'' is the fifth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's '' Forbidden Broadway'', his popular off-Broadway musical revue spoofing "the best of Broadway". All the parody lyrics were written (as always) by Gerard Alessandrini. This version was co-directed by Alessandrini and his long-time collaborator Phillip George. George had up till then only been credited with "Musical Staging" and as "Assistant Director". George also contributed many of the more successful ideas and dialogue sketches to the more recent ''Forbidden Broadway'' editions. The show played in the basement of Ellen's Stardust Diner, and the album is the fifth volume in the series. Because it features none of the original 1982 ''Forbidden Broadway'' cast members, it is labeled "The Unoriginal Cast Recording". It was recorded in December 1998 and released in 1999. The leading premise of the show and album is that, like Times Square, FB should drop it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back
''Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back'' is a version of ''Forbidden Broadway'' created by Gerard Alessandrini. It previewed September 5, 1996 and opened at the Triad Theater October 16, 1996. The show won Alessandrini the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics and was nominated for the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue. It later moved to the basement of Ellen's Stardust Diner and, as is the show's tradition, spoofed Broadway theatre, Broadway's latest. An album was later released to accompany it, being the fourth volume of the FB franchise. The album was recorded and mixed by Cynthia Daniels at Giant Sound, Dec. 11-14, 1996, and released in 1997 after Original cast member David Hibbard (stage actor), David Hibbard moved on to Once Upon A Mattress and was replaced by Tom Plotkin. It bears the label "Another Unoriginal Cast Recording", since ''FB Strikes Back'' is technically the same show as the original, and features none of the original cast members. The show and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Hollywood (parody)
''Forbidden Hollywood'' is a parody show that opened Off-Off-Broadway and was taped live in Hollywood. It was created by Gerard Alessandrini, who also created the popular series of Off-Broadway parodies of Broadway theatre, ''Forbidden Broadway''. But this production, instead of spoofing Broadway, lampooned popular films such as '' Forrest Gump'', ''Sense and Sensibility'', ''Pulp Fiction'', '' Casablanca'', '' The Wizard of Oz'' and Disney's '' Aladdin'', and songs featured in them, although most of the score consists of songs from musicals used to comment on the films. It also spoofs movie stars like Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Barbra Streisand, Ann-Margret and Whoopi Goldberg. A ''New York Times'' reviewer wrote that although the production had funny moments, "the tone that defines the show is a glib disaffection for Hollywood", lamenting that the show missed the opportunity to use more songs from films, and concluding: "It's fine if Mr. Alessandrini wants to see Hollywood as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Broadway, Vol
Forbidden may refer to: * Ban (law) Films * ''Forbidden'' (1919 film), directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber * ''Forbidden'' (1932 film), directed by Frank Capra * ''Forbidden'' (1949 film), directed by George King * ''Forbidden'' (1953 film), directed by Rudolph Maté * ''Forbidden'' (''Proibito''), a 1954 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli * ''Forbidden'' (1984 film), directed by Anthony Page * ''The Forbidden'' (2018 film), 2018 Uganda film Books * ''Forbidden'' (Cooney novel), a 1994 novel by Caroline B. Cooney * ''Forbidden'', a 2010 novel by Tabitha Suzuma * ''Forbidden'' (Dekker and Lee novel), a fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee * "The Forbidden" (short story), a story by Clive Barker Other * Forbidden (band), an American thrash metal band * ''Forbidden'' (Black Sabbath album), 1995, or the title track * ''Forbidden'' (Todrick Hall album), or the title track * Forbidden Technologies plc, a UK company based in Wimbledon * HTTP 403, an error ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''The Sound of Music.'' It is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess. It is themed as an inspirational piece, to encourage people to take every step toward attaining their dreams. Background This song shares inspirational overtones with the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" from '' Carousel''. They are both sung by the female mentor characters in the shows, and are used to give strength to the protagonists in the story, and both are given powerful reprises at the end of their respective shows. As Oscar Hammerstein II was writing the lyrics, it developed its own inspirational overtones along the lines of an earlier Hammerstein song, "There's a Hill Beyond a Hill". He felt that the metaphors of climbing mountains and fording streams better fitted Maria's quest for her spiritual compass. The muse behind the song was Sister Gregory, the head of Drama at Rosary College in Illinois. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
