Broadway names pronunciation- Page 8

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:24am

Jennifer Damiano - Dam-ee-a-no or Dah-me-ah-no?

Not that she'll hold it against anyone, or anything, but it's "Dam-ee-ah-no

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 12:24 AM

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 12:51am

Thanks Hero!

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:45pm

Aaron Tveit

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:50pm

Te-vay-it

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:30pm

Lea Salonga is pronounced as:
Leh-yah (not Lee-yah) Sah-long-gah

[defyingonbroadway]

Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:41pm

I used to think Patti LuPone was Patti LuPon(ee) so that it sounded Italian, but then I wised up :)

[thereisnofuture]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:35am

Adam Chanler-Berat

Andy Mientus

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 1:19am

For Aaron Tveit, it's actually pronounced "Ta-VATE," which sounds like "eight."

He gives a last-name-phonetics lesson in a Broadway.com "Fresh Face" article:
http://www.broadway.com/GEN/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=561511

More pronunciations:

Julie Reiber (Wicked standby) = RYE-bur
Andrea Burns ("Daniela," In the Heights) = On-DRAY-uh (spelled with an accented "e") Updated On: 9/8/08 at 01:19 AM

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 8:41am

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.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 8:48am

Yank-EEE Fan Oh Oh Sev-in

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 9:08am

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.

[Weez]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 9:21am

I... don't think this one's a problem for American-accented people, but English-/Australian-accented people, help me out:

Philip Quast. QuOst (like watch), or QuAst (like quack)? I'm currently striking a QuAHst middle ground, but I'd be very interested to know what it actually is!

Updated On: 9/8/08 at 09:21 AM

[stupidbeans]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 9:22am

fill-up kwost


at least that is what I think...

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 11:51am

I've actually heard it pronounced Q-way-st.

[AntonEgo]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:26pm

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

[stupidbeans]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:27pm

yes AntonEgo

and you will kill me for this

but is it Bob fo-see or fo-say

because I have heard it both ways

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:40pm

Foss-ee

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/8/08 at 3:06pm

How do you say "Drew Sarich?" I've always pronounced it with a bit of a German accent, the hard back-of-the-throat 'ch.'

I also am wondering about 'Philip Quast' as well. I switch between 'Quost' and 'Quaaast.'

[HDawg1024]

Posted: 11/5/17 at 4:51pm

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

[OlliesDad]

Posted: 11/5/17 at 7:59pm

How about Laura Osnes? Is it Oz-ness?

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 11/6/17 at 4:03am

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".

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 11/6/17 at 4:15am

I'm gonna use this platform to shake my head whenever I hear someone "Lin-Man-YOO-el Miranda"

Updated On: 11/6/17 at 04:15 AM

[gypsy101]

Posted: 11/6/17 at 7:36am

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?)

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/6/17 at 8:54am

First name pronounced "Casey". Last name : Lee-Vee.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/6/17 at 8:58am

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!