A "Rose" By any other name....
A "Rose" By any other name....
Joined: 12/31/69
A "Rose" By any other name....#0
Posted: 4/7/05 at 1:37pm
Rereading Arthur Laurents' auto-biography the other day, I came across his comment that "West Side Story" was almost named "Gangway!"
And I thought, I bet the folks on this board have some amusing stories of musicals and the names they almost had...or should have....
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#1
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:17pmNot offhand but I know a few amusing names Arthur Laurents has been called...
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#2
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:30pmI think"Mamma Mia" should have been called "A Waste of $100 and Two and A Half Hours."
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#3
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:32pmI think Mamma Mia should have been called, "Just go buy the Abba Gold Album, and you'll even get to hear Fernando."
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#4
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:32pmWasn't the working title of BABY The Re-Producers?
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#5
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:37pm
Good one, LittleFish!
"Fernando" is the only ABBA song I like...
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#6
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:42pmBrokylnn should be called, "Haha You payed us $100 so your ears would bleed."
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#7
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:44pmI can't hear Fernando anymore without remembering that brilliant episode of Malcolm in the Middle with guest star Bea Arthur.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#8
Posted: 4/7/05 at 2:57pm
I love Bea! And Malcolm gets better and better-- did anyone see the episode recently where Dewey writes an Opera based on Hal & Lois fighting over getting a new bed? Wonderful!
re: A 'Rose' By any other name....#9
Posted: 4/7/05 at 6:11pm
I approached On Golden Pond with trepidation. Would it broach the topic of incontinence? Was the 'Golden Pond' about a body of water or about a body function? I was relieved
to find out it really was about a Pond!
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