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Line 6: '''-Volume 1 Opening Theme''' }} ''[['''Forbidden Broadway]]''''' is a parody revue show written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini that ran off-Broadway from 1982 to 2009. The early incarnations of the show spoofed musicals from the Golden Age and iconic performers like Ethel Merman and Carol Channing, but the format was quickly adapted to [[Pastiche]] works in the current Broadway season. As the revue gained reputation, it became a [[Sincerest Form of Flattery\|point of honor]] in the theatre community to have one's work parodied by ''[['''Forbidden Broadway]]'''''. ''[['''Forbidden Broadway]]''''' is typically performed by a cast of two men and two women, with piano accompaniment. The show closed in 2009, although Alessandrini has not ruled out returning for the occasional special edition. ---- === Tropes: === * [[Affectionate Parody]] * [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: As always, but in particular the act of hanging a lampshade ''on'' the lampshading in "The Song That Goes Like This" from ''[[Spamalot]]''. Line 21: * [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: Alessandrini has occasionally written ersatz versions of songs he couldn't get permission to parody. * [[That's All Folks]]: Every version of the show has ended with one of these, some longer than others. * [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]]: Inverted in "I Couldn't Hit The Note". Spoofing how [[Julie Andrews]] can't hit high notes anymore, the song keeps modulating [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdQ2yq-erIY down.] This became [[Harsher in Hindsight]] when ''[[Forbidden Broadway]]'' continued to perform the number after Andrews lost most of her range in a botched throat surgery. {{reflist}}

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