Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act


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 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 its raunchy demeanor and "clean up" its parodies. Naturally, the cast fails spectacularly, meanwhile spoofing new shows like Chicago, The Lion King, Ragtime, Titanic, Jekyll and Hyde, and Footloose. They also take stabs at personalities like Rudolph Giuliani, Ann Miller, Julie Taymor, Bebe Neuwirth, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Cast

The cast members featured on the album and that starred in Cleans Up Its Act when it first opened are listed below:
The musical numbers, with title, original song, and original composers listed, that are featured on the album are listed below:
  1. A Jolly Holiday With Rudy
  2. Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!,
  3. Chicago - Glosse Fosse
  4. Footloose - Too Cute
  5. The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  6. The Lion King Segment: The Circle Of Mice, Julie Taymor And Her Puppets, Can You Feel The Pain Tonight?
  7. Andrew Lloyd Webber Superstar
  8. Titanic - The Musical: In Every Season, Ship Of Air "", The Reviews Are Broadcast, Bottom, There's A Movie Going On
  9. More Miserable - Ten Years More
  10. Bernadette Peters In Annie Get Your Gun
  11. Swan Lake
  12. Ann Miller - I'm Still Weird
  13. Jekyll And Hyde:
  14. Ragtime Segment
  15. Super-Frantic-Hyper-Active-Self-Indulgent-Mandy
  16. Cabaret Segment
  17. The Sound Of Music In Cabaret
  18. Finale - Find Mary Martin
  19. Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act! - Encore
  20. Bonus Track - Epilogue