Alternate Titles for Popular Musicals

[americanboy99]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:14pm

Hey! I have always enjoyed coming up with new titles for popular Broadway musicals. So, I thought it would be fun if you could try too!

Example: OKLAHOMA!

Alternate Titles: Out of My Dreams
Territory Folks
What a Beautiful Mornin'

Try it! It will be interesting!

Updated On: 9/26/06 at 04:14 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:20pm

What the hell...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:

Joseph and His Magical Multicolored Coat of Dreams?

Is that sort of what you mean? I dunno.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:22pm

Something like that. Like I just think that some musicals have odd titles, and I enjoy thinking about other titles that could work too.

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:24pm

La Cage Aux Folles: The Girls with Something Extra

[luvliza89]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:24pm

Funny Girl:
American Beauty Nose

And um yeah, that's all I got lol.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:38pm

LOVE the LA CAGE title

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:40pm

Wicked: "Oz", "Witches", "The Wonderful Wizard", or "Post-Dorothy Depression"

Hairspray: "Fat Girls CAN Dance!", "Welcome To The 60's", "Fat Feet"

Spamalot: "Monty Python: The Musical" (I actually hate the title of "Spamalot", because it's just... ehh, I hate it.)

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:43pm

This one is real:

Follies was Originally going to be called: Waiting For The Girls Upstairs.

It was changed to Follies, which I think I like better.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:44pm

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS: "Filty Shameless Scoundrels","Lying Cheating Scoundrels" ,"Scoundrelacious Guys"
SWEENEY TODD: "RedHeads" (get it, like blood red, and hair on heads? haha...im stupid"
umm...
THE WEDDING SINGER: "The Best Show On Broadway"...

i suck at this

[Wildcard]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:55pm

Phantom of the Opera: The Opera Ghost / The Haunting of the Opera Populaire / The Ingenue and I
Les Miserables: Redemption / Everybody Dies
Miss Saigon: Sun and Moon / The Setting Sun / East Meets West
Martin Guerre: Mistaken Identity / My Name Is
Once on this Island: Tales from the Gods / The Carribean Little Mermaid
Grease: Fast Times at Rydell High / Summer Loving
Little Shop of Horrors: Audrey II! / It Came From Outer Space / Maneater
Light in the Piazza: The Language of Love / Flames in Firenze
The King and I: Memoirs from Siam / Something Wonderful

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:57pm

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: THE SLAVE OF DUTY

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 4:58pm

SWEET CHARITY- I Dont Wanna Be a Whore No More

[americanboy99]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:05pm

Interesting, wildcard.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:10pm

Dreamgirls: Sassy Bitches and the Men they Love

[SweMozArt]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:20pm

The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma!

(Steve Martin shouts that in the movie)

Grease: Pronounced in Swedish it sounds as the swedish word for "pig" so at least for the swedish version: PIG!


Jersey Boys: Sopranos, New York Boys (What is New Jersey?), the castrates, bodies without organs

The times they are a changing: A literal take on Bob Dylan (When you hear "like a rolling stone" you will se a rolling stone), Stoned!, somewhere between awake and asleep.

Sound of music: Sound of silence!

Wicked: Defying critics, Oops there goes gravity!, Gimmick!

Chess: It does matter if you are black or white (perhaps better for a song in the show).

















Updated On: 9/30/06 at 05:20 PM

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:40pm

Wicked[ly Overrated]

[americanboy99]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:46pm

CHICAGO: All That Jazz
Roxie and Velma
Razzle Dazzle
I'm a Star!
That's Showbiz

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:51pm

Evita: Slutty First Lady
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina!
Surprisingly Good for You
A New Argentina
Argentina: The Musical

Aspects of Love (I know it's not really popular, but...): When You Screw an Actress

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 6:11pm

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: THE SLAVE OF DUTY

Isn't that...the actual title? I'm pretty sure the official title is "The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty".

Haha wildcard, I love "Les Miserables: Everybody Dies".

[worrell4077]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 8:16pm

Avenue Q: Sesame Street Gone Wild or The Muppets Gone Wild.

Jersey Boys: Oh What A Night, Big Men In Town


I can't think of any more than that, but this is an interesting thing that they mention in the Jersey Boys program that the original title was going to be Oh What A Night.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 8:30pm

Mamma Mia: Crap

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 8:37pm

In My Life: SH*T

Lestat: Bad SH*T

Hot Feet: The Worst SH*T I've Ever Seen on a Broadway Stage

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:09pm

Love the Les Mis: Everybody Dies

Aida- I like dthe original title "Elaboarte Lives", better.

[jjoey076]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:15pm

The Light in the Piazza: "Is She Retarded?"
Wicked: "Idina Superhour"

[folkyboy]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:17pm

i know whenever i hear the title "All Shook Up" i think it's a musical about Katharine Hepburn. does that count?