Thats funny, I have actually been thinking about this very recently..and yes it does bug me. I don't know why it does, but I tend to separate the two in my head so it always irks me when other people don't.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
2009: Phantom of the Opera(***1/2),
2010: HAIR(*****), Sondheim on Sondheim(***), HAIR(*****), A Little Night Music(****), A Little Night Music (after reopening)x2(*****), Chicago(*), Mrs. Warren's Profession[09/09/10](***), American Idiot [9/17/2010](*****), Brief Encounter [9/24/2010](****), Lombardi [09/30/2010](****), American Idiot [10/20/2010], Bloody Bloody AJ [10/28/2010](****), Time Stands Still [11/03/2010](****), The 39 Steps [11/11/2010] (***1/2)
I don't have a problem with other people calling anything differently than I do, I'm just honestly saying that from my standpoint it bugs me a little. Not that I would ever tell the person because like theatrefan said preferences exist. It's just something I've noticed a lot of people do.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
2009: Phantom of the Opera(***1/2),
2010: HAIR(*****), Sondheim on Sondheim(***), HAIR(*****), A Little Night Music(****), A Little Night Music (after reopening)x2(*****), Chicago(*), Mrs. Warren's Profession[09/09/10](***), American Idiot [9/17/2010](*****), Brief Encounter [9/24/2010](****), Lombardi [09/30/2010](****), American Idiot [10/20/2010], Bloody Bloody AJ [10/28/2010](****), Time Stands Still [11/03/2010](****), The 39 Steps [11/11/2010] (***1/2)
Jon it's the Picture Show...as in Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Last Picture Show. I am going to the show this afternoon. I want to see that Drew Barrymore picture.
It doesn't bother me to the point I insist other people use the terminology correctly, but it does bother me to the point that I will always differentiate between a play and a musical.
Although I have yet to find a satisfactory umbrella term for the two; "show" sounds too frivolous when applied to certain plays, and "production" means something very specific already...
The term "musical" is actually a shortened version of the full term "musical play." (In case you hadn't noticed, "musical" is an adjective, not a noun.)
There are musical plays, or musicals, and straight plays, or non-musical plays.
Does it bug you when people call a poodle a dog? Because that's essentially what you're saying.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
dshnookie, Agreed, especially when it happens during the last few seconds of Bernadette singing "Send in the Clowns"...I was seriously gonna smack the lady next to me who started it.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
2009: Phantom of the Opera(***1/2),
2010: HAIR(*****), Sondheim on Sondheim(***), HAIR(*****), A Little Night Music(****), A Little Night Music (after reopening)x2(*****), Chicago(*), Mrs. Warren's Profession[09/09/10](***), American Idiot [9/17/2010](*****), Brief Encounter [9/24/2010](****), Lombardi [09/30/2010](****), American Idiot [10/20/2010], Bloody Bloody AJ [10/28/2010](****), Time Stands Still [11/03/2010](****), The 39 Steps [11/11/2010] (***1/2)
it bugs me that my dad says he's taking me to see "that one play" because he doesn't want to admit he's going to see a musical. that really pisses me off.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
^Then s/he would be correct. A bit formal, but correct.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I actually got into a discussion with a lady about this who was all ticked off that she couldn't get a musical in the play only line at TKTS. She told me it was misleading, and that the sign "Should say Draaama" I piped back, "What if it's a comedy?" She didn't have an answer.
P.S. I hate it when people say drama with a hard "a." Right up there with "The-ay-ter" and "Eye-talian."
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
I also used to bark at people who called an orchestra a "band." I quit when I realized those who use it are almost always from the U.K. and it's a widely used slang term for *any* group of musicians, regardless if they are made-up of keyboard and electric guitar players or the L.A. Philharmonic. I had assumed people didn't know the difference between an orchestra and a band. Durr. *Blush*
So, yep. Feeling like a fool is more annoying than anything. :S
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.