Taboo is a musical with a book by Mark Davies, (extensively re-written for the Broadway production by Charles Busch), lyrics by Boy George, and music by George and Kevan Frost.

Set in an abandoned London warehouse, the former location of what was once the city's hottest dance club, Taboo, the show is based on the New Romantic scene of the 1980s; the life and career of colourful pop singing sensation Boy George, who rose to prominence in the '80s with his band Culture Club with such tunes as "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"; the performance artist Leigh Bowery, Boy George's friend Marilyn and club host Steve Strange from Visage

The show premiered in London's West End at the newly opened Venue Theatre on January 29, 2002. Comedian/talk show host Rosie O'Donnell was so enamoured with it that she decided to finance a Broadway production. After 16 previews, it opened on November 13, 2003 at the Plymouth Theatre where, hampered by mostly scathing reviews, it closed after 100 performances. The cast, directed by Christopher Renshaw, included Boy George (credited under his real name, George O'Dowd), Euan Morton, Raúl Esparza, Sarah Uriarte Berry, and Jeffrey Carlson. O'Donnell reportedly lost her entire $10 million investment in the project http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/14/theater.tabooclosing.ap/.