History YMMV / ForbiddenBroadway

-->"And although we're a low, Hasty Pudding show, the kiddies cheer on cue... Families come, if they're dumb, but then out they go, when our fuzzy people screw! Don't expect Franchise/TheMuppets, these are horny puppets, rated X on Avenue Q!"

* ActingForTwo: In ''Spamilton'' two songs have the female lead (Nora Schell on the Broadway Cast Album) ''sing for three'':
** "Look Around (The Schuyler Puppets)" has the female lead play "Renee Elise," and use puppets to portray "Phillipa Soo" and "Jasmine," changing her voice to fit the sister she's singing.
** "Lin-Manuel & J-Lo, Beyonce and Gloria Estefan" has the female lead play the Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce Knowles and Gloria Estefan, as each diva tries to get a song from Lin-Manuel. The female lead also sings in the style of the diva she's portraying at the time.
* ApprovalOfGod: Lin-Manuel Miranda has been to see ''Spamilton'' TWICE, and said "I laughed my brains out!" (This was used on the Broadway Cast Album.) He also gave props to [[https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/800767970347716608 Dan Rosales,]] who plays his fictional version, "Lin-Manuel as Hamilton." Lin even gave the cast tickets for ''{{Theatre/Hamilton}}'' as well as a few suggestions when the show was in previews. Dan also took [[https://twitter.com/theDanRosales/status/787133597232820224 a picture with Lin-Manuel while in character]] for his Twitter.

* ShallowParody: ''New York Magazine'''s review of ''Comes Out Swinging'' noted that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein'' parody by claiming he's Latino. The critic noted that it's not a good idea to go shallow when the only people likely to go see a parody of stage musicals are ones who love stage musicals to begin with and are thus more likely to notice when you goof up. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered).

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' segment of ''Cleans Up Its Act!'' has a parody of "The Lonely Goatherd" from ''Theater/TheSoundOfMusic''. The film version of the musical was made by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], which Creator/{{Disney}} later acquired.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The phenomenon of people thinking ''Avenue Q'' is for kids is spoofed in the "Special Victims Unit" edition's song "You Gotta Get A Puppet".

* ShallowParody: ''New York Magazine'''s review of ''Comes Out Swinging'' noted that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Film/Cinderella1997'' parody by claiming he's Latino. The critic noted that it's not a good idea to go shallow when the only people likely to go see a parody of stage musicals are ones who love stage musicals to begin with and are thus more likely to notice when you goof up. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered).

* ShallowParody: ''New York Magazine'''s review of ''Comes Out Swinging'' noted that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' parody by claiming he's Latino. The critic noted that it's not a good idea to go shallow when the only people likely to go see a parody of stage musicals are ones who love stage musicals to begin with and are thus more likely to notice when you goof up. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered).

* ApprovalOfGod: Lin-Manuel Miranda has been to see ''Spamilton'' TWICE, and said "I laughed my brains out!" (This was used on the Broadway Cast Album.) He also gave props to [[https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/800767970347716608 Dan Rosales,]] who plays his fictional version, "Lin-Manuel as Hamilton." Lin even gave the cast tickets for ''{{Theater/Hamilton}}'' as well as a few suggestions when the show was in previews. Dan also took [[https://twitter.com/theDanRosales/status/787133597232820224 a picture with Lin-Manuel while in character]] for his Twitter.

-->"And although we're a low, Hasty Pudding show, the kiddies cheer on cue... Families come, if they're dumb, but then out they go, when our fuzzy people screw! Don't expect Franchise/TheMuppets, these are horny puppets, rated X on Avenue Q!"

* ShallowParody: [[http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/theater-review-forbidden-broadway This review]] of ''Comes Out Swinging'' notes that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' parody by claiming he's Latino. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered). The Vulture critic notes that it's not a good idea to go shallow when the only people likely to go see a parody of stage musicals are ones who love stage musicals to begin with and are thus more likely to notice when you goof up...

-->"And although we're a low, Hasty Pudding show, the kiddies cheer on cue... Families come, if they're dumb, but then out they go, when our fuzzy people screw! Don't expect Franchise/TheMuppets, these are horny puppets, rated X on Avenue Q!"

* ShallowParody: [[http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/theater-review-forbidden-broadway This review]] of ''Comes Out Swinging'' notes that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' parody by claiming he's Latino. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered).

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The phenomenon of people thinking Avenue Q is for kids is spoofed in the "Special Victims Unit" edition's song "You Gotta Get A Puppet".

-->"And although we're a low, hasty put-in show, the kiddies cheer on cue... Families come, if they're dumb, but then out they go, when our fuzzy people screw! Don't expect Franchise/TheMuppets, these are horny puppets, rated X on Avenue Q!"

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Alessandrini has occasionally written ersatz versions of songs he couldn't get permission to parody.