Broadway names pronunciation

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 7:45pm

Just a silly question

Today, someone asked me who Brooke Shields replaced as Roxie...

And I went Charlotte D'....
I realized there are a few Broadway names that people don't know how to say correctly, I can think of three right now, but I'm sure there is more I can think of

Is it D'amboisee or D'ambooas?
It is La Chan- s or La Chan-cey?
Is it James Lapeen or La- paeen

P.S. Does this belong to the off-topic board?

Updated On: 5/9/07 at 07:45 PM

[theatreguy]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 7:52pm

Charlotte D'ambwah
LaShahnz
Lapine is pronounced exactly how it's spelled, Luh-pine (like the tree)

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 7:54pm

That was very nice thank you.
I actually though that it had an accent in the "eh", as in La Chan- sehy

Interesting.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:05pm

LaChiusa

I think I'm getting it right, but I've never had to say his name aloud before. I keep feeling guilty whenever a song from his shows comes up on my iPod.

BSO, where are you?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:06pm

I've always heard it pronounced La-cue-sa.

[Jon]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:08pm

I'm pretty sure it's "Dam-Bwozz" - in French, the "e" at the end means you pronounce the "s".

Blanche DuBois - "Doo Bwah" Charlotte D'Amboise - "Dam Bwazz"

[Taryn]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:13pm

How about Orfeh?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:14pm

^^I think Jon is right.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:14pm

I actually searched on it before you posted your answer and found an interview where he says it's "la-kee-OO-sa". And he goes by Michael John, not just Michael. Interesting.

Updated On: 9/24/05 at 08:14 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:16pm

That's sort of what I meant. I mean, if you say it all together rather than sounding out the syllables, la-kee-OO-sa sort of sounds like what I meant. This is so hard!

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:20pm

I'm glad I wasn't attacked for posting something "stupid".

I have another one

Judy Kon or Koon
Sheyene Jackson or is it like Latin singer Chayanne?


So I can really say for sure Charlotte Dam-Bwozz?

Updated On: 9/24/05 at 08:20 PM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:23pm

Sheyenne Jackson

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:26pm

Judy Kyoon

Or-fay

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:31pm

Marin Mazzie?

I know her last name is "May-zee," but what about "Marin?"

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:32pm

Wayne Si-lento or Shi-lento

Jermy Koosh-nee-er or Kosh-nee-er ???

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:32pm

Dam-bwahz is correct. But don't make the z too big of a deal.

[dotmarie]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:33pm

I think it's MARE-in, but I could be wrong; I just discovered last week I've been saying D'Amboise incorrectly all my life...or for however long I've known who Charlotte is...

[pndmnd]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:38pm

My mom is from Rockford, IL originally (where Marin Mazzie is from), and whenever I've been there and people have referred to her, it's been Mare-in (like a horse). I do know a Marin that's pronounced Mar-in, though.

Edit: I'm not saying that I know that the people in Rockford are pronouncing it correctly, I just know that's how I've heard them say it. So I vote for Mare-in. Updated On: 9/24/05 at 08:38 PM

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:44pm

And another: Sarah Uriarte Berry.

Yoo-ree-ar-tee

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:49pm

I used to think Karmine Alers name was Kar-meen, but it's actually just liked it's spelled, kar-mine.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:12pm

Really, I thought it was Karmeen too.

Is Yassmin Alers like it's spelled too? MIN not meen or mine?

[Patronus]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:25pm

Yes, it's Yass-min.

Man, I love me some Yaz.

Is it William Bar-fee or Bar-fay? Updated On: 9/24/05 at 09:25 PM

[pndmnd]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:27pm

This is acttually a very usefull thread! I'm always talking about this actor or that, and I've SEEN their names a lot, but don't know if I'm pronouncing them correctly.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:28pm

Yeah, I thought so, like the birth control.

[iwearshoes]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:11pm

this is so helpful!