Broadway names pronunciation- Page 7
Broadway names pronunciation
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Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/06
#150re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 11/27/06 at 1:34pm
Not Broadway actor related, but character: Enjolras? I've always pronounced it "On-johl-ross" but I'm not sure if that's correct.
That's correct. And if you really want to check, listen to the Paris revival cast recording. You can hear Feuilly yell it.
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Pronunciation by Claude-Michel Schonberg
[You hear his pronunciation of each name]
Enjolras = Ahn jol rahs
Accent on first syllable.
p.s. Last sound seems more like "sh" than "hs",
or maybe even a soft Z sound.
Updated On: 11/27/06 at 01:34 PM
#151re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 11/27/06 at 2:08pm
It's Head-lee.
Drew Sarich is Drew Saihr-itch (the a like in raspberry)
Hugh Panaro is Heuh Pan-arrow
Natascia Diaz is like Natasha
Robert Cuccioli is Cooch-ee-o-lee
Laila Robbins is Lye-luh.
Michael Berresse is Behr-ay-say
Plince! Plince! Nein! T-Rex!!
#152re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 11/27/06 at 2:18pm
To reply to a post on the previous page from 6 months ago...
Jule Styne's first name is pronounced JOOL-EE as in Julie Andrews. The same goes for Big Jule in Guys and Dolls.
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#153re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 11/27/06 at 2:41pmI just saw Company and met Raul Esparza after the show. Is his name pronounced Raoool or Raul?
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BwayFan832
Understudy Joined: 12/27/05
#154re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 12/12/06 at 12:25am
Bumping this to ask... Lea Michele. Is it pronounced like Leah or Princess Leia?
And to WickedOne2... pretty sure it's Raoool, though I'm not positive how you're saying the "Raul" option in your head.
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#155re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 12/12/06 at 12:41am
One that I used to be incorrect about was Kate Reinders.
It's RINE-ders, not RAIN-ders. (I always attributed her last name to "reindeer," so I would pronounce it RAIN-ders.)
And, yes, it is pronounced Ra-OOL. There is an accent over the "u." (Raúl)
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#156re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 12/12/06 at 6:48am
Kearran Giovanni
Is it Kieeren or Kaeren?
Or neither?
I have an embarassing story about trying to say her name at the stage door...bad bad memory :/
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#157re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 12/12/06 at 12:38pm
"Michael Berresse is Behr-ay-say"
Nope, sorry, secret-soul.
Berresse rhymes with caress.
Updated On: 12/12/06 at 12:38 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#158re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:51pmSheik...as in "chic"?
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#159re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:53pmYes.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#160re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:56pmThanks :)
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#161re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 5/7/07 at 9:57pm
Bumping..
Ebersole- Ebbersoll, Eebersoll, Ebbersole (like soul), or Eebersole (like soul)
I think it's Ebbersoll.
Kazee- Kay-zee or Kah-zee
I'll probably think of some more, lol.
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Marianne
Stand-by Joined: 4/10/07
#162re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 5/7/07 at 10:37pm
Enjolras = Ahn jol rahs
Accent on first syllable.
Since there's no standard Anglicized version, I don't feel too pedantic for giving the real French pronunciation: stress on the last syllable, nasal 'n,' the 'j' pronounced like the 'zh' in treasure, and the 'r' a French 'r' which has no English equivalent.
But since that's a mouthful for most native English speakers, I'm sure Victor Hugo won't turn over in his grave if you say AHN-jol-ras.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#164re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 5/8/07 at 1:09amEh-bur-sol
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#165re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:12pmOlga Merediz, please? Where is the emphasis?
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#166re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:15pm
For Lea Michele, it's Leah, not Layuh.
Jennifer Damiano - Dam-ee-a-no or Dah-me-ah-no?
Hugh Panaro - Pan-A-ro or PAN-a-ro?
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ShbrtAlley44
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#168re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:04pm
For Orfeh, which syllable has the stress?
OR-fay or or-FAY?
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#169re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:09pmOr-FAY. :)
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#171re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:10pm
Hm... well I've been pronouncing that one wrong for a while.
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#172re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:48pm
"Hugh Panaro - Pan-A-ro or PAN-a-ro?"
"paNAHro"
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Actually, it's...
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#173re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:10amJUMANCYN
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#174re: Broadway names pronunciation
Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:13am
It helps if you spell it right: JUJAMCYN
joo-JAM-sin
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