Gerard Alessandrini - Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast): MusicNear.com

Parody Tonight (Comedy Tonight): Oh What A Beautiful Moron (Oh What A Beautiful Mornin')/One Foot More (With One Look) - Tom Plotkin & Company
Show Boat Medley: P.C. Show Boat (Cotton Blossom)/Make Believe (Make Believe)/Ol' Show Show Boat (Ol' Man River) - Tom Plotkin
Cameron Mackintosh: My Souvenir Things (My Favorite Things) - Tom Plotkin
Elaine Stritch (Zip) - Christine Pedi
Big (Fun) - Tom Plotkin
Kiss Me Kate: Bernadette & Mandy In So Miscast (Wunderbar And So In Love) - Christine Pedi
The King Is Her (The King And I): Whistle A Sondheim Tune (Whistle A Happy Tune)/Shall We Boink? (Shall We Dance?) - Tom Plotkin
Disney On Broadway: Be Depressed (Be Our Guest) - Company
Patti-Class (Patti LuPone In Master Class): Patti - O Mio Bambino,Callas (O Mio Babbino Caro)/Glenn Close But No Cigar -As If She Never Played This Part (As If I Never Said Goodbye)/Andrew Llloyd Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar/Madonna-Evita - Shut U... - Christine Pedi
Grease - Infomercial With Fran & Barry Weissler & Sally Struthers: (You're The One That I Want/Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee/There Are Worse Things We Could Do - Christine Pedi
Stop Cats! - A Chorus Cat: Meow! I Hope I Get It (God I Hope I Get It)/Cats (One) - Company
Ethel Merman And Sunset Boulevard: You Just Cant Sing (You're Just In Love) - Christine Pedi
Ann Reinking In Chicago (Roxie Hart) - Donna English
Kiss Me Kate/Corrective Casting/Jerry & Liza (So In Love) - Christine Pedi
Le Julie Hot (Le Jazz Hot) - Donna English
A Spoonful Of Julie (A Spoonful Of Sugar) - Donna English
The Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-ee-ya (Victor-Victoria) - Company
Crazy Girl (Crazy World) - Company
Rant (Rent) - Tom Plotkin
Ouch! They're Tight (Out Tonight) - Donna English
Too Gay For You: Too Het'ro For Me: (Today For You - Tomorrow For Me) - Bryan Batt
Pretty Voices Singing (Christmas Bells Are Ringing): Think Punk! (Think Pink) - Company
Season Of Hype (Season Of Love) - Company
This Ain't Boheme (La Vie Boheme)/Death And Resurrection (Musetta's Waltz And La Vie Boheme) - Donna English & Boys
Finale - Something Wonderful (Somehting Wonderful) - Company
Encore-Ta-Ta Folks (Forbidden Broadway) - Company
Bonus Track 1 - Exit Music - Julie The Star! (Star!) - Donna English

Free Music Notes for Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast)

Free Music Review: A Hilarious Spoof On The State of Broadway
Hit: 5 Stars

The inventive parodies are performed by an amazingly talented cast consisting of Donna English, Bryan Batt, Tom Plotkin, and Christine Pedi. Each one is a quality performer in their own right, but together, they sing with an energy that brings each of the segments to life. Each cast member has their own standout impersonations, but Donna English's Julie Andrews is by far the most accurate. It is so impressive, that, as the liner notes state, the show's producer actually thought it was Julie Andrews singing.

The cast is accompanied by the amazing Matt Ward at the piano who does a wonderful job recreating complex musical scores, including the ever-difficult style of Sondheim, with nothing but 10 fingers and 88 keys.

One of the downfalls of the Forbidden Broadway series, however, is that many of the sharp-witted barbs lose thier sing if the listener doesn't have at least a vague familiarity with the Broadway scene. Still, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back is a hilarious jab at the "great white way." It has become a favorite staple in my collection of music and still makes me laugh out loud even though I have listened to it many, many times.