History Theatre / ForbiddenBroadway

* WeUsedToBeFriends: "Popular" ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' co-stars Creator/KristinChenoweth and Creator/IdinaMenzel are bestest friends until Idina wins the Tony Award for Best Actress, after which Idina decides she's gonna try defying Chenoweth.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' co-stars Creator/KristinChenoweth and Creator/IdinaMenzel are bestest friends until Idina wins the Tony Award for Best Actress, after which Idina decides she's gonna try defying Chenoweth.

* TheReveal: Andrew Lloyd Webber, the "Phantom of the Musical," is revealed to be Mickey Mouse when Sarah Brightman rips off his mask.

* LimeyGoesToHollywood: Discussed in the Creator/JudiDench number, "Why Can't Americans Do Theater Like The Brits?"

* MediumAwareness

''Forbidden Broadway'' is a parody revue show written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini that originally ran off-Broadway from 1982 to 2009. The early incarnations of the show spoofed musicals from the Golden Age and iconic performers like Ethel Merman and Carol Channing, but the format was quickly adapted to [[MusicalPastiche pastiche]] works in the current Broadway season. As the revue gained reputation, it became a [[SincerestFormOfFlattery point of honor]] in the theatre community to have one's work parodied by ''Forbidden Broadway''.

* AffectionateParody

* HeightAngst: Elaine Paige as [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]]:

* WeUsedToBeFriends: ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' co-stars Creator/KristinChenoweth and Creator/IdinaMenzel are bestest friends until Idina wins the Tony Award for Best Actress.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film version]], "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa (see HeightAngst below for more on her) and a malfunctioning Great Glass Elevator, and the show gets accused not only of being unoriginal but a FollowTheLeader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another, more acclaimed musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).

* 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.

* RoyaltiesHeir:
-->'''Curly''': Yoko Ono? What the Sam Hill are you doing on Broadway?\\

* TakeThat: The show has a low, low opinion of Theater/JerseyBoys, mocking the high-pitched tones, that there was too much dialogue, that it was overproduced pop trash that stole from actual Broadway.
** Disney gets more than a few in Rude Awakening.
** Theater/{{Spamalot}} is accused of ripping off the show, and also calls Monty Python fans annoying.
** As with AdolfHitlarious, Rude Awakening compares the increasing corporate sponsorship of Broadway with Nazification.
* ThatsAllFolks: Every version of the show has ended with one of these, some longer than others.

''Forbidden Broadway'' is typically performed by a cast of two men and two women with piano accompaniment. The show went on hiatus in 2009, but returned to turning out new editions off-Broadway in the summer of 2012. It's also toured the U.S., has yielded two spinoffs, and made a few trips across ThePond; the London editions include additional material spoofing West End musicals and stars.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition specifically spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film version]], "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa (see HeightAngst below for more on her) and a malfunctioning Great Glass Elevator, and the show gets accused not only of being unoriginal but a FollowTheLeader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another, more acclaimed musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Sometimes they make a bit of sense, like ''Grand Hotel'' and ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' both getting crossed with ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' as all three are set in 1930s Germany/Austria, or ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'' and ''Film/BillyElliot'''s child actors lamenting that they're "Exploited Children". Sometimes they just pair up things that were running in the same Broadway season, like ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' and ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}''.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition specifically spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film version]], "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa (see HeightAngst below for more on her) and the show being accused not only of being unoriginal but a FollowTheLeader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another, more acclaimed musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).

''Forbidden Broadway'' is a parody revue show written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini that ran off-Broadway from 1982 to 2009. The early incarnations of the show spoofed musicals from the Golden Age and iconic performers like Ethel Merman and Carol Channing, but the format was quickly adapted to [[MusicalPastiche pastiche]] works in the current Broadway season. As the revue gained reputation, it became a [[SincerestFormOfFlattery point of honor]] in the theatre community to have one's work parodied by ''Forbidden Broadway''.

''Forbidden Broadway'' is typically performed by a cast of two men and two women, with piano accompaniment. The show went on hiatus in 2009, but returned to turning out new editions off-Broadway in the summer of 2012.

** The parody of the 2012 Broadway revival of ''Music/{{Evita}}'' had Ricky Martin singing (what else?) "Livin' Evita Loca."

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition specifically spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film version]], "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa (see HeightAngst below for more on this issue) and the show being accused not only of being unoriginal but a FollowTheLeader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another, more acclaimed musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The flying monkeys from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' make a special appearance singing a parody of "Please Don't Monkey With Broadway."

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Sometimes they make a bit of sense, like ''Grand Hotel'' and ''TheSoundOfMusic'' both getting crossed with ''{{Cabaret}}'' as all three are set in 1930s Germany/Austria. Sometimes they just pair up things that were running in the same Broadway season, like ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' and ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}''.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition specifically spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from the '71 film, "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa (see HeightAngst below for more on this issue) and the show being accused not only of being unoriginal but a FollowTheLeader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another, more acclaimed musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: The 2014 London edition specifically spoofs [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]] -- which [[BootstrappedTheme incorporates]] the most famous song from the '71 film, "Pure Imagination", into an otherwise new song score -- with "No Imagination". Gags include West End musical stalwart Elaine Paige turning up as an Oompa-Loompa and the show being accused not only of being unoriginal but a Follow the Leader to ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', another musical adapted from a Roald Dahl novel (it isn't — well before ''Matilda'' opened, ''Charlie'' was in the works).