Original Off-Broadway Cast, Terri White - Forbidden Broadway (20th Anniversary Edition)

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Free Music Notes for Forbidden Broadway (20th Anniversary Edition)

Free Music Review: Use only with great caution
Hit: 5 Stars

First of all, do not think that if you already own the previous Volumes 1-4, there is no need for purchasing this "Ultimate Unreleased Un-Original Cast Recording," because DRG has cleverly anticipated that sales resistance by including 8 previously unreleased tracks.

So what we have falls into several categories. We have attacks on the Broadway scene in general: ridiculously high prices, lack of melodies, inhuman miking, and so on. Then we have satires on specific plays: the total dominance of words over musical interest in "Into the Woods," the back-to-operetta in "Martin Guerre," the lack of human interest in "Cats." Next comes somewhat thinner ice, lampoons of specific performers: "Liza One-Note," "Stich," the "Somewhat Overindulgent" Mandy Patinkin," the "I Get A Kick Out of Me" Patti Lupone, and of course Streisand. The only one that made me feel a little uneasy was the undeniably funny but still of doubtful taste "I Couldn't Hit That Note" based on Julie Andrews' current vocal problems.

"I'm Chita, Not Rita" is truly an hysterical complaint of the Broadway actress (Rivera) whose parts invariably go to a Hollywood actress (Moreno), as is the lament of the original Annie who can get no other part after all these years. The delightful Carol Channing shows up herself to stop a spoof of her style and claims that "Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery" just to show that the Truly Great do not mind recordings such as this.

And at the last, actors themselves get their come-uppance to even things out a little when they sing about their "Ambition" to the tune of "Tradition" on the final track.

Do not play this CD while driving or performing brain surgery. The resulting laughter can be injurious to someone's health.

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