Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab-Cedar Herald Index

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 and closed on March 1, 2009. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and was co-directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George.

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab

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 Poppins, Gypsy, Sunday In The Park With George, Young Frankenstein, and Xanadu. The personalities portrayed include Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli and Kristin Chenoweth.

Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab

Opening cast

Christina Bianco

Jared Bradshaw

Gina Kreiezmar

Michael West

David Caldwell, music director and piano

Replacements and understudies

James Donegan replaced Jared Bradshaw

Kristen Mengelkoch, female understudy

William Selby, male understudy/dance captain

Original cast album

The tracks featured on the cast recording