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FORBIDDEN BROADWAY

Director, Artistic Director: Rick Bumgardner

Written By: Gerard Alessandrini

Production Year: 2019

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A cabaret revue that spoofs show tunes, characters, plots and stars of contemporary and current Broadway musicals this version took potshots at THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LES MISERABLES, SPAMALOT, ANNIE, RENT, WICKED, and CATS targeting stars like Liza Minelli, Mandy Patinkin, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Ethel Merman, and Rita Moreno, composers and lyricists like Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman and all done by 6 performers in nothing short of an Olympian feat of mimicking, vocal calisthenics, and quick change artists. Winner of a Mary Jane Teall award for Best Musical Revue.

[title of show]

A CABARET CHRISTMAS

A DAY IN HOLLYWOOOD, A NIGHT IN UKRAINE

A TUNA CHRISTMAS

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’

AVENUE Q

AWAY IN THE BASEMENT, A CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES CHRISTMAS

CABARET

CAFE PUTTANESCA

CARRIE

COMPANY

DISASTER!

DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

DRIVING MISS DAISY

FIVE COURSE LOVE

GRIDIRON

GUYS AND DOLLS

HEATHERS, THE MUSICAL

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

HELLO, DOLLY!

HI-HAT HATTIE

HOCUS POCUS, A PARODY

INTO THE WOODS

JEKYLL & HYDE

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

KYLE & MONTE CHRISTMAS SHOW

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

LEGALLY BLONDE

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!

NOISES OFF

NUNSENSE

ON GOLDEN POND

ONCE

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

QUARANTINE, THE MUSICAL

RIDE THE CYCLONE

SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS

THE 39 STEPS

THE COLOR PURPLE

THE GOLDEN GIRLS, a PARODY

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE

THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

THE TOXIC AVENGER

THE WIZ

tick, tick…BOOM!

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, THE MUSICAL

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, A PARODY

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