Broadway Typos

[Dollypop]

Broadway Typos#1

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:50pm

Many years ago, I remember that the A-B-C Directory of Broadway Plays had a typo in its listing of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. It showed up as BAREFOOT IN THE DARK, which isn't a bad title for another play.

I was wondering how many titles could be changed by one or two typographical errors?

For starters:

ARSENIC AND OLD LICE

JERSEY GOYS

LEGALLY BLIND

SALE OF TWO TITTIES

THE OLD COUPLE

LIFE WITH FEATHER

THE POUND OF MUSIC

Okay, now what can you come up with?

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 8/19/08 at 11:50 PM

[wicked_beast4]

re: Broadway Typos#2

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:51pm

Sale of Two Titties!!!!!! That made me lol out loud!!

"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

[fvalle24]

re: Broadway Typos#2

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:53pm

OMG, those are Hilarious!

Jersey Goys! Oye vey!

[LePetiteFromage]

#3

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:53pm

Updated On: 5/2/09 at 11:53 PM

[Kad]

re: Broadway Typos#4

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:55pm

Wacked.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#5

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:55pm

Typos corrected. Thank you.

How about FANNY GIRL?

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#6

Posted: 8/18/08 at 11:59pm

THE THING AND I

HALLELUJAH BOOBY

STALKING HAPPY

THE SAPPY TIME

22nd STREET

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHUTZPAH

MY FAIR LADDIE

PAINT YOUR DRAGON

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[LePetiteFromage]

#7

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:00am

Updated On: 5/2/09 at 12:00 AM

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#8

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:02am

IRMA LA DEUCE

MAIMED

HELLO MOLLY

ANYTHING SHOWS

THE SCARLET PIMPLE

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#9

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:07am

FIDDLER ON THE POOF

THE SUNSHINE GOYS

PISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[walkedthroughmany]

re: Broadway Typos#11

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:09am

"SPAYALOT."

I'd see it.

[LePetiteFromage]

#12

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:10am

Updated On: 5/2/09 at 12:10 AM

[walkedthroughmany]

re: Broadway Typos#13

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:10am

"A CHORUS GINE."

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#14

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:11am

JEW FOR THE SEESAW

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[DRSisLove]

re: Broadway Typos#15

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:12am

DRY-BABY

[CyCoSpAz2]

re: Broadway Typos#16

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:12am

OKLAHOMO

[thevolleyballer]

re: Broadway Typos#17

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:13am

BEAUTY AND THE YEAST

THE MILD PARTY

BI-RIVER

And I suppose ANNIE would be quite a different show if the title character's name was, say, ARNIE or ANGIE or something... Updated On: 8/19/08 at 12:13 AM

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#18

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:14am

INTO THE GOODS

GENTLEMEN DEFER BLONDES

HIGH BUTTON JEWS

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 8/19/08 at 12:14 AM

[morosco]

re: Broadway Typos#19

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:15am

Long ago I read about a marquee where the "p" had fallen off of the word "presents". Result:

DAVID MERRICK
RESENTS
CAROL CHANNING
IN
HELLO, DOLLY!

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#20

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:19am

KISS ME KITE

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#21

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:22am

AUGUST: ORANGE COUNTY

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[Dollypop]

re: Broadway Typos#22

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:23am

WEST SIDE STORAGE

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[ThankstoPhantom]

re: Broadway Typos#23

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:33am

POOF
RABBIT HOPE
HEDDA GABBER
A DOLL'S HOSE
SPECTS OF LOVE
THE WILD PARTS
LADDY IN THE PARK
MONDAY IN THE LARK WITH GORGE
THE CARDNAL WILL ROCK

How to properly use its/it's: Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...

[givesmevoice]

re: Broadway Typos#24

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:33am

ANGLES IN AMERICA
FOLKIES

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[COOOOLkid]

re: Broadway Typos#25

Posted: 8/19/08 at 12:37am

AUGUST: ORANGE COUNTY

That is totally what I thought the title of the play was when I first heard about it.

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