Taboo
Plymouth Theatre
Previews Began: October 28, 2003
Opening Night: November 13, 2003
Closing Night: February 8, 2004
Music: Boy George
Kevin Frost
Richie Stevens
John Themis
Lyrics: Boy George
Book: Charles Busch
Pop star Boy George wrote the score for this autobiographical ode to the London club scene of the 1980s. In the musical, Boy George becomes a star thanks to the success of the pop group Culture Club and mentoring by performance artist Leigh Bowery.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Freak/Ode to Attention Seekers…….Philip Sallon,
Ensemble
Stranger in This World……………..George, Big Sue,
Philip Sallon, Ensemble
Safe in the City………………………..Nicola, Ensemble
Dress to Kill………………………………………Ensemble
Genocide Peroxide………………..Marilyn, Ensemble
I’ll Have You All……………………Leigh Bowery, Men
Sexual Confusion………………Big Sue, Philip Sallon,
George, Marcus
Pretty Lies……………………………………………..George
Guttersnipe……………..George, Marilyn, Ensemble
Love Is a Question Mark……………Marcus, George,
Leigh Bowery, Nicola
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me……………..George,
Ensemble
Church of the Poison Mind/Karma
Chameleon…………………………….George, Ensemble
Act Two
Everything Taboo………….Leigh Bowery, Ensemble
Talk Amongst Yourselves………………………..Big Sue
The Fame Game…………………….George, Ensemble
I See Through You………………………………….Marcus
Ich Bin Kunst………………………………..Leigh Bowery
Petrified…………………………………………Philip Sallon
Out of Fashion…….George, Marilyn, Philip Sallon,
Marcus, Leigh Bowery
Il Adore…………………………………..Nicola, Ensemble
Come on in From the Outside………………Company