Yoko Oh No!

Last night a whole bunch of Plane Craziers (Venusians?) went to see fellow Plane Crazy cast member Craig Laurie in Forbidden Broadway. They had added some new material, and since Craig subs in, he had minimal rehearsal time to get the new bits down. You'd never know that by the way he performed -- wow!

It was the second time I'd seen Craig and the rest of the Forbidden Broadway gang, but although I appreciated the funny new stuff, I still laughed my head off at the old stuff. My fav is still Light In the Piazza. Megan Lewis is an amazing comedienne and together with Craig as the Italian heartthrob they really steal the show.

One of the new bits was a bit on "Lennon" and Yoko Ono. Craig comes walking down the aisle in a cowboy hat singing "Oh what a beautiful jukebox" (I may be paraphrasing...) and proceeded to sing "Yoooooko ono" to the tune of "Oklahoma"! Then out comes Forbidden Broadway's version of Yoko Ono, who doesn't want to be "remembered for breaking up the Beatles, but rather for destroying Broadway". Very funny.

I had heard from my inside sources that Lennon had been troubled all along by the fact that Yoko Ono came to all the rehearsals and performances and gave notes directly. Finally, when the director started to get fed up, she had him fired! Judging by the parody displayed on the Forbidden Broadway stage, that seems to have been common knowledge!

Needless to say, we went nuts when Craig took his bow! Bravo!

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