Broadway names pronunciation — Page 8

Adam Chanler-Berat

Andy Mientus

Steve Kazee is actually pronounced Kuh-zee, not Kay-zee. He actually pronounced it for us in an old Spamalot interview.

And I think it's Mere-DEEZ.

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Cute story about Julie Reiber. I was at her Creative Seeds benefit in August and the lady that she was hosting with(who was a really good friend of hers) was pronouncing her name like "Ree-Bur" all night long. Finally towards the end Julie turned to her and said you know that my last name is actually "Rye-Bur"....LOL.

I actually thought it was "Ree-Bur" also by just how it's spelled until she corrected me...hahaha.

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fill-up kwost


at least that is what I think...

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I have a question. Is it Hank-ee for Christopher J. Hanke?

Foss-ee

yes on-joel-ross is correct for Enjolras, I have a friend who's convinced it's on-heh-lor-es and it makes me mad

Two that were never answered pages back:

1. When I worked with him, it was:

Wayne Chi-LENT-oh

Though I must admit I never asked him. People in the company were calling him that and maybe he just wasn't making an issue of it.

2. Alfred Lunt and:

Lin Fawn-tan

Lynn Fontanne rhymes with "pan".

eh Enjolras is not really with a Joel, it’s more of a zshul, not a hard jay.

now something that’s stuck in my craw lately: i find Caissie Levy to be a rare name i find hard to pronounce both the first AND last name. i’m normally very good at pronunciation but i’m stumped. is it like Cassie or Casey? and is it levy like the ones that broke in New Orleans or is it said like Levi (like the jeans)? i’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’s pronounced Casey Levi because Cassie Levy sounds stupid, as does Casey Levy. Cassie Levi is my number two pick (i guess maybe I just don’t like the word “levy” as a last name?)

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LEVY is pronounced so differently dependent on location. In the NY region, it's usually LEE VEE , in New England, no one says it that way and says, Lev ee. Drives me nuts. Don't mess with my name. It's all I have!

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