BARBARA WALSH

One of the easiest audiences to define is that at "Forbidden Broadway," a parody, takeoff, call-it-what -you-will of Broadway shows. The audiences are made up, not unusually, of both theatergoers and tourists, and their reactions are quite different. So says Barbara Walsh, one of the four stars of the recently updated revue. "Some of our timing depends on the audience response," said the 31-year-old singer who belts out, in Streisand fashion, a show-stopping song called "Someday." "We know almost immediately who is familiar with Broadway and Off-Broadway and who isn't." However, Miss Walsh added, the show has enough that is easily identifiable to satisfy even nontheatergoing visitors. Among the subjects parodied, in addition to Barbra Streisand ("she owns the world," Miss Walsh said, sotto voce), are Bernadette Peters, Lily Tomlin, Mary Martin and" Singin' in the Rain." A native of Chevy Chase, MD, Miss Walsh said she knew from the time she was in high school, when she did impressions..

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