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Forbidden Broadway (Cast recording)
- Artist: Nora Mae Lyng (Performer)
- Label: DRG
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1 Disc(s)
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5.
Pirates of Penzance Sequence 5:54
Gerard Alessandrini, Billy Carmichael, Nora Mae Lyng
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Be Italian/Be a Catholic 2:00
Gerard Alessandrini, Chloe Webb, Billy Carmichael
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Beautiful Girls/That's Entertainment! 2:41
Billy Carmichael
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Angela Lansbury Sequence: Mame/If He Walked into My Life 3:04
Chloe Webb
Play Angela Lansbury Sequence: Mame/If He Walked into My Life -
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Audition Sequence: Soliloquy from Carousel/They're Playing Our Song 2:11
Gerard Alessandrini
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Merman & Martin Sequence: It's de-Lovely/My Heart Belongs to Daddy/Mu 3:40
Nora Mae Lyng, Chloe Webb
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Carol Channing Sequence: Call on Dolly/Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Fri 3:35
Chloe Webb
Play Carol Channing Sequence: Call on Dolly/Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Fri
Description
The first Forbidden Broadway album is a modest affair in which writer/director Gerard Alessandrini pokes fun at some contemporary Broadway efforts and some longtime Broadway stars. Using familiar music, he pens parody lyrics in which a Patti LuPone soundalike complains that, despite starring in Evita on Broadway, she won't get to do the movie (true) and predicts that Barbra Streisand will (false, but intriguing); "Kevin Kline" expounds on the wonders of being Kevin Kline to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirate King," and "Annie" sings a version of "Tomorrow" that ends up declaring, "Redundant, redundant, this song is redundant." Much of the album is given over to making fun of Broadway divas like Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, and Carol Channing, impersonations that actually live better than some of the inside jokes that make up many of the lyrics. Theater aficionados will love the album, not only for the timely material, but also for perennial bits such as the complaint from a rehearsal pianist set to the tune of "They're Playing Our Song" ("I'm Sick of Playing Their Songs") and an explanation of the life of working actors set to the tune of Fiddler on the Roof's "Tradition" ("Ambition"). William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Description
The first Forbidden Broadway album is a modest affair in which writer/director Gerard Alessandrini pokes fun at some contemporary Broadway efforts and some longtime Broadway stars. Using familiar music, he pens parody lyrics in which a Patti LuPone soundalike complains that, despite starring in Evita on Broadway, she won't get to do the movie (true) and predicts that Barbra Streisand will (false, but intriguing); "Kevin Kline" expounds on the wonders of being Kevin Kline to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirate King," and "Annie" sings a version of "Tomorrow" that ends up declaring, "Redundant, redundant, this song is redundant." Much of the album is given over to making fun of Broadway divas like Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, and Carol Channing, impersonations that actually live better than some of the inside jokes that make up many of the lyrics. Theater aficionados will love the album, not only for the timely material, but also for perennial bits such as the complaint from a rehearsal pianist set to the tune of "They're Playing Our Song" ("I'm Sick of Playing Their Songs") and an explanation of the life of working actors set to the tune of Fiddler on the Roof's "Tradition" ("Ambition"). William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Features
- Genre: Soundtrack
- Category: Show Tunes, Cast Recordings
- Release Date: April 10, 1992
- Label: DRG
- Artists: Nora Mae Lyng (Performer), Billy Carmichael (Performer), Chloe Webb (Performer), Gerard Alessandrini (Performer)
- Format: CD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 244-05-2838
- ASIN: B002LNW840
- Catalog #: 11488323
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 5.6 inches length x 4.9 inches width x 0.4 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.25 pound.
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