Written by Gerard Allesandrini
Directed by Phillip George
Synopsis:
Forbidden Broadway returns with a new edition entitled Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab. The show features past favorites in addition to new spoofs including South Pacific, In the Heights, Patti LuPone in Gypsy and August Osage County.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"But having announced that it would be officially ending its nearly 27-year reign of merry terror on Jan. 15, Gerard Alessandrini’s long-lived show appears to have been blessed with that burst of have-to-win energy that descends on weary racers as they near the finish line. "
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NEW YORK POST:
"Luckily, writer/creator Gerard Alessandrini has provided one final edition before it goes. "Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab" includes fresh and frequently hilarious spoofs of shows such as "Young Frankenstein," "In the Heights," "August: Osage County" and "Xanadu," showing that Alessandrini is hardly lacking inspiration. "
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
"Don't let the title fool you: "Forbidden Broadway..."... is no dry affair. It's an intoxicatingly funny new - and perhaps last - chapter in the long-running revue."
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THEATERMANIA:
"In many ways, Rehab is one of Forbidden Broadway's more gentle editions, although the knives have been duly sharpened for a few shows, especially the entire Disney canon. "
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VARIETY:
"Solid but unspectacular, "Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab," the final New York installment of the long-running satirical revue, proves why the show has become an institution and why, after 26 years, it's probably time for a break. When he's on, writer-creator Gerard Alessandrini still offers up vicious parody, but when he's coasting, he just repeats a basic set of gripes. "
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NEWSDAY:
"But the latest - and apparently last - edition of this essential Off-Broadway treasure is as inspired, as plugged-in, as cruel-to-be-kind and as cruel-to-be-fun as the best of the 18 versions that have satirized New York theater since 1982. "
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