Broadway names pronunciation — Page 7

#151

re: 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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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

#152

re: 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

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#153

re: 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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#154

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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?

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#155

re: 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.

#156

re: 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)

#157

re: 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 :/

#158

re: 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

#159

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Sheik...as in "chic"?

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#160

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Yes.

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#161

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Thanks :)

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#162

re: 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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#163

re: 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.

#164

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

It's Steve Kay-zee.

#165

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Eh-bur-sol

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#166

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Olga Merediz, please? Where is the emphasis?

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#167

re: 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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#168

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

paNAHro

#169

re: 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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#170

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

Or-FAY. :)

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#171

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

PA-tee loo-PONE!

#172

re: 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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#173

re: 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...

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

#174

re: Broadway names pronunciation

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

JUMANCYN

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#175

re: 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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