Broadway names pronunciation- Page 7

[p.s.]

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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To really check, you may go to:
www.lesmis.com
About The Show
LESMIZ-EH-RAHB
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

[secret-soul]

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

[Enjolras77]

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.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 11/27/06 at 2:41pm

I just saw Company and met Raul Esparza after the show. Is his name pronounced Raoool or Raul?

[BwayFan832]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:51pm

Sheik...as in "chic"?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:53pm

Yes.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:56pm

Thanks :)

[Yero]

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.

[Marianne]

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.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 1:04am

It's Steve Kay-zee.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 1:09am

Eh-bur-sol

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:12pm

Olga Merediz, please? Where is the emphasis?

[GlindatheGood22]

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?

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:17pm

paNAHro

[ahmelie]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:04pm

For Orfeh, which syllable has the stress?

OR-fay or or-FAY?

[Kelly2]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:09pm

Or-FAY. :)

[Patti-Is-Perfection.]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:10pm

PA-tee loo-PONE!

[ahmelie]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:10pm

Hm... well I've been pronouncing that one wrong for a while.

[Gingersnap2]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 10:48pm

"Hugh Panaro - Pan-A-ro or PAN-a-ro?"

"paNAHro"

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Actually, it's...

http://www.broadway.com/gen/general.aspx?ci=525424

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:10am

JUMANCYN

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:13am

It helps if you spell it right: JUJAMCYN

joo-JAM-sin