Badly Titled Shows- Page 3

[choitoy]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 3:28am

I really hated "Saving Aimee", the the original title for "Scandalous" when it played the 5th Avenue in Seattle.

Though this year, the 5th Avenue is premiering a new musical called "Something Rotten", which basically is just easy fodder for reviewers...

[BobbyBubbi]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 7:00am

"The Glorious Ones" (ahrens and flaherty)

"IF/THEN" Wait...whaa?

"Road Show" then "GOLD!" then "Wise Guys" then "Bounce," personally, whatever Sondheim wanted to call it, I thought "Bounce" was the worst.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" I actually can't stand this show, /just/ because of it's title. Stupid I know. But I can't.

Also, "The Motherfu*ker with the Hat." Great play, dumb title.



Updated On: 8/24/14 at 07:00 AM

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 12:07pm

Women of the verge of a nervous breakdown

My personal pet peeve however is anything entitled "(name of the original movie) : the musical ". I understand brand recognition, but it just irks me

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 1:37pm

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 5:57pm

Some people say that ANYONE CAN WHISTLE is bad but I think it's a charming name.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 6:01pm

Love Never Dies, no contest.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 11:12am

Seconding "Roar of the Greasepaint", which feels like such a half-baked joke title, and not only that, it's a terrible mouthful that has apparently little to do with the show itself.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 12:00pm

I believe the creators of "Grease" chose their title to capatalize on the success of "Hair" at the time. They seemed to be saying, "Here's another show like Hair - young energetic cast, rock music, etc."

Indeed, when the original version of Grease premiered in Chicago, the national tour of Hair had been in town for a year or so.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 12:28pm

Next year in Chicago, we're getting a new musical entitled "N - The Queen of Paris" (world premiere in Toronto next autumn). Apparently, it's an adaptation of Nana by Zola. It's like they WANT it to flop.

[NoName3]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 4:48pm

[title of show]

Re: My Fair Lady. It probably comes from the old folk song "London Bridge is Falling Down." It's been suggested that it is a corruption of or a pun on Mayfair Lady, relevant to a musical based on Shaw's Pygmalion. Old versions of the song have different lyrics, including "with a gay lady." In the 1920's a Gershwin musical previewed out-of-town under the title "My Fair Lady" and included a song of that name. The title and the song were both gone by the time it opened in New York but I forget which show it was.

Re: Sunday in the Park with George. I told this story in a different thread a while ago. Back in the 1980's I was standing in line at the Times Square TKTS booth and when the woman in front of me got to the window, I heard her ask whether they had tickets for "Barefoot in the Park with George."

Updated On: 8/25/14 at 04:48 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 6:28pm

^^^^^^
There's a song called "My Fair Lady" on the Gershwins' TELL ME MORE studio cast recording. I don't know if that's the show, if it was recycled as they tended to do or if it was restored for the recording.

[NoName3]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 8:59pm

I'm pretty sure you're right about the Gershwin show being Tell Me More, Mr. N. And I could be wrong about the song being cut. It's been so long since I read about it I don't remember the source.

[jemjeb2]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 10:28am

"London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down - my fair lady"

Now why that is the title is another story - rather whimsical, but it works, right?

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 1:50pm

At least it's better than "PYGMALION: THE MUSICAL!"

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 8/27/14 at 10:14am

Is Will Rodgers, Richard's older brother?

To me "The Will Rogers Follies" tells you exactly what you are going to see.