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    Who is to blame for the "pain tonight" during the Lion King segment?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Julie Taymor. "I hate Julie Taymor/She doesn't have a clue/My neck is breaking wearing her designs..."

    Who does Edie Falco indicate that she is jealous of in 'Ma, I Wanna Kill Myself'?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Kathy Bates. Edie sings 'Ma, don't mention Kathy Bates, she's weird as can be. She's so brilliant I could choke her'. Her mother replies with 'You're the one that's mediocre'. Edie is best known for her Emmy award winning work as Carmella Soprano in the hit TV show 'The Sopranos'.

    Which song is NOT a parody found in the RENT segment of the show?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Your Lies. There is also "Too Gay For You, Too Hetro for Me" and the infamous "Rant"

    Which show is parodied with the song "Too Cute" ?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Footloose.

    Which show is parodied in the "Audition Sequence"?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      They're Playing Our Song. "I'm sick of playing their songs..." the accompianist sings.

    Which show is parodied as an infomercial that says "We got parts...they're multiplying..."?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Grease. The song continues to say "There are so many roles you can choose from...Sandy, Danny, Teen Angel, Miss Lynch...We're practically giving them away!"

    Which musical is parodied with the song "Old Revivals!"?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Oklahoma!. In this song you hear "Old revivals are the hit shows sweeping up awards/New ones can't compete with plastic wheat..."

    Which Broadway mogul is parodied with the song "My Souvenir Things"?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      Cameron Mackintosh. "It's my marketing of souvenirs that's more of a success..."

    What year did "Forbidden Broadway" premiere?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      1982. It opened in January 1982 at the Palsson's Supper Club. The original cast was Gerald Alessandrini, Nora Mae Lyng, Bill Carmichael, Chloe Webb, and piano player Fred Barton.

    What show is said to be way too long, sung in too high a key, and very expensive to see? Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Les Miserables. This song also says that the actors dreamed a dream to have a normal part in a show, the sets weren't just piles of rubble, and that the plot is too complicated.

    What show is said to be very hard to get tickets to and that the costumes are back breaking torture?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      The Lion King. "Can you feel the pain tonight the strain this headress brings, the cracking bones the tearing cartelige, kills all living things..."

    What musical is made fun of for its big, dark sets and complicated plot?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Ragtime. Also commented about the musical is that the song "Wheels of a Dream" ends on "A Really Long Note".

    What famous composer and lyricist is said to use too many synonyms, antonyms, metaphors, and syllables, and that there are more letters than they sell in "Wheel of Fortune" in his songs?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Stephen Sondheim. "We're into the syllables, into the antonyms, into the metaphors, into the synonyms..."

    What famous Broadway star actually came and sang a song with the cast, saying "Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery"?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Carol Channing. At the beginning of the song, one of the performers is imitating Carol Channing and she comes out and sings the song.

    What chases away Kristin Chenoweth in the 'Wicked' skit?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Monkeys. During 'Defying Chenoweth', we hear monkey sounds on the soundtrack, and we hear them chasing Kristin Chenoweth away.

    What Broadway actor is said to be "Somewhat Overindulgent"?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Mandy Patinkin. This song pokes at Mandy Patinkin for being way too overdramatic in basically every show.

    What actress says not to confuse her with Rita Moreno, who played the same part as she did in "West Side Story"?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Chita Rivera. Chita says that she's only in nightclubs and bomb shows while Rita gets movies and bravos. Also, she says that Liza Minnelli likes Chita and not Rita.

    What actress is said to not have been able to hit the note because she hadn't been on Broadway for years?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Julie Andrews. During the song, they drop the key almost a whole octave. Also, they say that her vocal chords play tricks and that her upper range is dead.

    What "Hairspray" song did they use to parody the 2004 Tonys?Forbidden Broadway: Summer Shock! (Jacifan)

      "Welcome to the '60s". The song became, of course, "Welcome to the Tonys."

    Several "star cameos" appeared throughout the show, including "Bernadette Peters" toward the end, singing a spoof of one of the songs from her show "Gypsy". Which song?Forbidden Broadway: Summer Shock! (Jacifan)

      Rose's Turn. The song claimed Bernadette's voice sounded too much like a young child's. At the end of the song, "Ethel Merman" showed up, who, of course, had played the same role in "Gypsy" when it first opened. Both performers playing Bernadette and Ethel were pretty fantastic - sounded just like them!

    One piece parodied "Avenue Q", "The Lion King", and "Little Shop of Horrors" all in one, proclaiming "You gotta get a ________". What?Forbidden Broadway: Summer Shock! (Jacifan)

      puppet. All these shows use puppets as cast members: "Avenue Q" is a show where puppets are the main characters, several characters from "The Lion King" - including Rafiki and Timon - are played by puppets, and Audrey II from "Little Shop of Horrors" is a puppet.

    In this song, what keeps actors from ending up in Baltimore?Forbidden Broadway (RoxieHart101)

      Ambition. "Without our ambitions, our lives would be as crazy as an actor in New York!"

    In their parody of "Phantom of the Opera", they claimed that they did what whenever the actor playing the Phantom didn't hit the correct note?Forbidden Broadway: Summer Shock! (Jacifan)

      turn the reverb on. "...simply flip the reverb switch from left to right..." When I went to see "Phantom", the actor stayed on key the whole time, but there sure was a lot of reverb!

    In the song medley from 'Fiddler on the Roof', Fyedke gives Chava a book written by a celebrity. Which celebrity wrote the book?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Madonna. Fyedke says to Chava 'I've brought you a book. It's Madonna's latest. It's full of eye-popping photos'. In the real 'Fiddler on the Roof', Fyedke and Chava have to elope as they have very different backgrouns and Chava's father, Tevye, does not approve of them even speaking to each other, let alone getting married.

    In the song 'I Love Patti', which show does not get mentioned?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Cats. This is a song sung by a woman imitating Patti Lupone, and is all about how she loves Patti Lupone in the many roles that she played. During the song, she mentions lead roles in 'Les Mis', 'Evita' and 'Can-Can'.

    In the section of the soundtrack where a woman impersonates Bernadette Peters, what does Bernadette NOT say about Ethel Merman?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Merman WAS Mama Rose. In the song, Bernadette is sick and tired of people comparing her performance of Mama Rose in 'Gypsy' to Ethel Merman's performance of Mama Rose. When Bernadette played Mama Rose on Broadway, it was to very mixed reviews.

    In the "Ragtime" segment, how does Sarah Brown Eyes describe herself?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      a half-crazed washerwoman who can easily belt high C.

    In the "If I Sing it Slower" parody of Fiddler on the Roof, when would the curtain go down if the tempo was set by Topol?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      11:43. "You'll never get to go home..."

    In 'Forbidden Assassins', who do Squeaky and John want to kill?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Stephen Sondheim. What starts as a declaration of their love for 'Assassins' composer Stephen Sondheim, quickly turns to anger and hate as they realise his songs are just too hard to sing. 'Teach me to count in five-four time' 'Put me through music theory hell'

    In 'Defying Chenoweth', what does Idina Menzel say that all the leading ladies on modern Broadway have to do?Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (rosieh)

      Fly. Idina sings 'In all the big shows lately all the leading ladies have to fly'. 'Wicked' was one of the hit shows at the Tony awards of 2004, hosted by Hugh Jackman, and Idina Menzel won the award for Best Actress in a Musical. Idina is married to another Broadway star, Taye Diggs.

    Easy. Which show is parodied with the song "76 Hit Shows"?Forbidden Broadway Parodies (damncoppertop)

      The Music Man . There is also "Trouble in New York City", which talks about the lack of new shows on Broadway.

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