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Broadway stars and their real names
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#25re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:04pmWasn't Madeline Kahn's real name Madeline Wolfson?
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#26re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:11pm
I think Bradd Wong changed his name to B.D. Wong for his role in M BUTTERFLY so as not to spoil the plot twist. After he won the Tony, I guess there was no turning back
What?
MOXIEINTHECITY
Broadway Star Joined: 5/11/06
#27re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:24pm
B.D. Wong played a man playing a woman in M Butterfly. But you didn't know that going in unless you knew the play.
That is what you meant, right?
Should women ask men out?
#28re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 4:41pm
I believe that billing for that character in M BUTTERFLY is/was like the actor playing Mary Sunshine in CHICAGO.
It may have something to do with his being billed as BD...
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#29re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:39pm
Not 100% sure, but I wanna say that Michael Arden's name was actually Jerod (sp?) Moore. A friend of mine went to high school with him, and I seem to remember him calling Michael by the name Jerod.
#30re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:43pm
Ruthie/Ruth Valentine would have been a cute stage name.
And perfect for the marquee of a production of Sweet Charity.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#31re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:50pm
I know for a fact that Brian Charles Rooney's real name is Brian Charles Rooney.
Imagine that!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#32re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:44pm
Michael Arden's name is actually Michael Jerrod Moore.
Updated On: 6/25/06 at 10:44 PM
#33re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:18pm
Lea Salonga = born Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga
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BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#34re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:22pmMy personal favorite is Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero also known as Chita Rivera. I understand why she would shorten it, although a marquee with that big a name would certainly catch my attention.
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amcchemist
Chorus Member Joined: 7/5/05
#35re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:26am
Michael Crawford was born Michael Dumble-Smith. Took the name Crawford after seeing it on the side of a delivery truck if I am remembering right. Though I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. LOL!
I don't recall if she's done work on Broadway, though I know she did some traveling productions. Marie Osmond uses her middle name. Her birth name is Olive Marie Osmond, named after her mother.
RuprechtJr.
Featured Actor Joined: 6/22/05
#36re: Broadway stars and their real names
Posted: 6/26/06 at 9:36amI think "Crawford" was the name of a market and he saw the "marquee" like thing on the front of the building. I'll have to go find it in the book.
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