Broadway names pronunciation- Page 2

[Mythus]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:12pm

Random side note: Michael McGrath's last name is actually pronounced "McGraw".

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:21pm

Thanks! I really needed this and have other questions that I can't recall at the moment, excepting one... Pascal. How do you pronounce it? No, I'm not joking. I have no clue. I never talk about Adam offline and so I've never had to say it.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:26pm

PasCAL. Like in French. Not Pascle like circle. Remember the RENT blog video with the controversial t-shirt? Go watch that -- you can hear him say it.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:38pm

Did you ever take advanced algebra and have to learn Pascal's triangle? That's how I figured it out.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:39pm

Thanks, Em. I'm proud to say that I DO know how to pronounce Esparza.

How about "D'arcy"?

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:41pm

Darcy

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:44pm

I had such an issue when I learned about Pascal's triangle. I kept smiling and spacing out.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 10:45pm

LaChiusa = La-kew-za



How about: Zeljko Ivanek? Updated On: 9/24/05 at 10:45 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 11:06pm

And there's me thinking I would get stoned for posting stupidity.
I guess there's no stupid questions...

[BSoBW2]

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

Only stupid names.

BSoBW ::snorts::

[ashley0139]

Posted: 9/24/05 at 11:17pm

See, when we did Pascal's triangle, it was always pronounced PAS-cal, as opposed to Pas-CAL. But I know better.

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:17am

Kush-ner

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:23am

Can anyone help me with Skie Ocasio? First name like "ski," or "sky"? Last name is pretty easy.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:24am

Yes, it's MAIR-in MAY-zee.

Here's another one: Jason Graae... pronounced Jason Graw

[staticradar]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:04pm

orfeh is pronounced or-fay for the person who asked

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:32pm

Bianca Marro-queen or keen?

BTW, does anyone know where can I find a picture of her as Mimi in RENT?

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 2:04pm

I've always said dembwoz for Charlotte, that's definitely right.

lol for LaChiusa. I thought it was La-Che-Use-a.

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 2:59pm

Is the "g" in John Tartaglia hard or soft (if that's the right way to ask the question)? Is it pronounced the way that it is spelled or is it Tar-tal-ya?

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:21pm

The proper Italian way to say it would be (I think) "tar-TAH-lee-uh," but in America most people will probably pronounce the "g."

And regarding Zeljko Ivanek, I think it's "ZEL-ko ee-VAHN-ek," but I could be wrong.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:22pm

John himself says it with a hard g:

tar-TAG-lia

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:27pm

What about Lupone? Is it Loo-pone, rhyming with phone, or Loo-pon?

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:48pm

David Ayrs or Ah-yeh-rs?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:52pm

Ayers...A-yurs.

A as in AIm



I always said d'amboyz

oh well.


LaChiusa IS la-kew-sa - that's how audra said it at her concert.

Updated On: 9/25/05 at 03:52 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 3:59pm

I still get confused how to pronounce Ute Lemper's name.

I'm pretty sure it's Oo-ta. But I've also heard Oo-da.

[Hoof]

Posted: 9/25/05 at 4:04pm

Now for the should-be-easy-but-people-say-it-wrong-all-the-time ones:

Heather Headley- Heed-ley or Head-ley?

Lea Salonga- My Phillipino friend says "lay-a sal-own-ah". However, maybe people say "lee-ah Sa-long-ah".

Any thoughts?