Forbidden Broadway

I realized I had not posted pictures of the costumes from the run of Forbidden Broadway that my daughter was in, her last Buchholz performance. "Forbidden Broadway", by Gerard Alessandrini is a trip through top Broadway shows, spoofing the characters, show genres, and the theater culture itself.  It was a very talented cast. Most of these costumes actually came out of my loft stash, as the funds were short. I think I did well though.

The cast dressed in all black as their base, and costumes were layered on as needed.

This is the spoof of "Rent", entitled "Seasons of Hype", where they just wore their basic black.

First up, "Bebe Neuwirth" in the Chicago spoof. Chicago puppet,

and Bebe.

Annie: "I'm thirty years old... Tomorrow"

"Call on Carol" Carolyn impersonating Carol Channing as the forever Dolly Levi.

Spoofing Stephen Sondheim in "Into The Words". Red Riding Hood from "Into the Woods" and "Dot" from "Sunday in the Park with George".

"Sweeney Todd": Like the "special effect" blood?  :-]

 

 

Idina Menzel in "Defying Subtlety".

Mandy Patinkin roasted in "Somewhat Overindulgent" (to the tune of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"). Sequined suspenders were all that was needed there.

There were several Les Mis jokes. 

Carolyn as Fantine singing "I Dreamed a Show in days gone by... when pathos wasn't overstated..."

 

 

Cosette: "I'm an obnoxious singing waif..."

and Eponine: "On My Phone... I check up on my voicemail..."

 

 

Of course "Cats" must be spoofed...

 

 

Liza Minelli is impersonated in "Liza One Note".

 

 

Mamma Mia: Don't you love these outfits? On the left, I found a dress that I made into a pantsuit, and the gold shirt and plastic pants I actually had in my stash.

The "Fiddler on the Roof" spoof (called "Ambition") made fun of the types of actors that all lived in the "little village of Manhattan":

"I never had a pimple so I do... commercials."

And a spoof of Barbra Streisand. The beadwork on the dress is amazing. My mother-in-law was a ballroom dancer, and often over the years had sent us old dresses and accessories she no longer used. This beaded collar was in one of the boxes years ago. What an addition it made to this dress!

(Too bad it's not a better picture.)

I wish you all could have seen this performance. Maybe I can figure out how to upload some of the songs from the DVD. If you love Broadway and ever get the chance to see "Forbidden Broadway", you will not regret it.  It is too funny!