Broadway Abbriviatons
Broadway Abbriviatons
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#1Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:33pm
n2n BBAJ ALND LND LBTM DRS ROA broadway has its own adorable language. We use them sooooo much, in facebook statuses, on bww.com, or even in conversations.
"Have you seen n2n?"
"What?"
"I mean Next to Normal"
Just out of curiosity, what are some more broadway acronyms or abbreviations (like Promises or Addams or La Cage)?
#2Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:40pm
Promises x 2 = Promises, Promises
H2$ = How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
ALNM = A Little Night Music
WSS = West Side Story
#4Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:55pm
ALNM = A Little Night Music
WSS = West Side Story
I hate these two. The first in particular. I think once you get into four initials then it's easier to just say a shortened version of the title. Night Music.
#5Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:57pmOut of curiosity, Weez, were you going for Cats, Cabaret, Curtains, or Chicago?
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#6Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:57pm
SITPWG
AFTHOTWTTF
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#7Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 6:58pmI believe "H2$" originated with the Matthew Broderick revival, when the show's logo was a gigantic H2$.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#8Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 7:29pm
BE (Billy Elliot) is quite annoying because it can really refer to anything, including the word "be".
ROA- Rock of Ages
tos- title of show
Many Rent songs:
SOL- Seasons of Love
TMOLM- Take Me or Leave Me
OSG- One Song Glory
Etc. etc.
#9Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 7:29pm
Yankee, I just borrowed that recording from the library 2 days ago. Don't really care for the score.
regarding abbreviations, I can't stand then! I sit here sometimes and can't figure out the show.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#10Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 9:09pmI like the way you've managed to abrIviate the word abrEviate.
#11Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 9:16pm
Out of curiosity, Weez, were you going for Cats, Cabaret, Curtains, or Chicago?
Or Company or Contact?
#12Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:08pm
I remember someone posting a YAGMCB question.
No one had any idea what she was talking about.
She later clarified: You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#13Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:26pmqalbinau- What show is the abbreviation "AFTHOTWTTF" for?
broadwayboy987
Stand-by Joined: 2/15/10
#14Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:29pmsweetq: a funny thing happened on the way to the forum
#16Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/27/10 at 11:26pmI think it is easier to just say the entire title of the show. It's not that hard. Most of the abbreviations are just annoying and unnecessary.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#17Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:58am
"Have you seen n2n?"
"What?"
"I mean Next to Normal"
Thank God I've never heard anybody use some of these ridiculous abbreviations in actual conversation. I would have a hard time restraining myself from hitting somebody if they asked me about "n2n."
#18Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 1:03am
ADUOWPDUYFHOISOPOGSYOIKJBVDYKJP
The cast was delightful at the stage door.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#19Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 2:09am
T25APCSB, STTDBOFS, KOTSWTM, TMOAS, MWRA, TWRF, LCAF, KMK, C4U
Ugh I think I just threw up a little on that last one
Updated On: 9/28/10 at 02:09 AM
#21Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 3:57am
Erm, Coriolanus, actually. It's been over 70 years since it was last on Broadway, isn't it about time someone revived it?!
Abbreviations are lazy, and irritating for those who have to take time out to work out what you mean. Go on, sacrifice those extra two seconds, and type the whole damn name out, or at least an understandable shortened form (a la Night Music or Spelling Bee). Makes us happier to read your post, and makes you look like less of a buffoon. Win win! :P
#22Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:39am
What Weez said.
I almost never click on the thread with abbreviated show titles.
#23Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 10:42amI don't understand why you'd type out that acronym for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum when it's much easier to type "...Forum" or "Forum" and everyone knows what show you mean.
#24Broadway Abbriviatons
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:04pm
This thread is more reactionary than logical. The abbreviations that survive are the most logical, expedient and obvious, for the most discussed shows. You won't see TKAI for The King And I, but you'll see tLK for The Lion King. Why? Simply, staying power. Constant exposure, constant discussion leads to a certain amount of ubiquity for a show like Lion King or next to normal. Ubiquity leds to shorthand. In ten years, if the show is still high profile, n2n will still be around. If not, it wont, but we will still have POTO.
And as to the H2$ question, it's not excessively oblique, but it helps to have seen the famous logo, hence the abbreviation How to Succeed remaining more common.
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