Taboo (musical)

Taboo
Cover for the Original London Cast Recording
Music	Boy George Kevan Frost John Themis Richie Stevens
Lyrics	Boy George
Book	Mark Davies Markham Charles Busch
Productions	2002 West End 2003 Broadway 2003 UK Tour 2012 Brixton Revival

Taboo is a stage musical with a book by Mark Davies Markham (extensively rewritten for the Broadway production by Charles Busch), lyrics by Boy George, and music by George, John Themis, Richie Stevens, and Kevan Frost.

Set in an abandoned London warehouse, the show tells the story of a group of people (party based on real people and partly fictional) during the New Romantic era, culminating with the opening of the now-legendary Taboo (1985–87) of the title, which was the creation of Leigh Bowery, at the end of Act I. Boy George is featured as one of the club's regulars, as he was known to have been in the 1980s,^[1] and the show also focuses on George's life prior to and after achieving fame.