Gun and Powder at Paper Mill — Page 4

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Ensemble1698878795 said: "The word "Gun" in the title is problematic for publicity and inside a search engine. They have to change it."

It is not ‘problematic’ and this conspiracy that you can’t use the word in marketing and search engines is not real. They had digital marketing for both productions and the word ‘gun’ is not restricted from being used in a title of something.


There are advertising restrictions regarding actual guns/weapons/ammunition/explosives, which is not the same as using the word in a title (see: every film with a weapon or the word ‘Gun’ in their title)."

Guess you were big wrong here Jan. Knowing someone on the creative team I can 100% confirm they were told to change the title, which is why it's now: WANTED.

Totally unfamiliar with this show, and I understand the hesitancy re the word "GUN" but "Wanted" is an overly generic name for a Broadway show. Hard to believe this is where they landed.

kdogg36 said: "Ensemble1698878795 said: "Guess you were big wrong here Jan. Knowing someone on the creative team I can 100% confirm they were told to change the title, which is why it's now: WANTED."

You're obviously right that the creative team wanted to change the title, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to market a property with the word "gun" in the title or that it complicates a Google search, which werethe points being made in the post you quoted. In fact, I just typed "gun and powder" into Google and got loads of results all about this show.

Anyhow, I participated in a marketing survey about this show's title last year (I think a few others here did too, there was some discussion at the time), and it's really hard to believe this is what they landed on."

They were running into legal troubles for marketing strategies with Gun in the title. Not sure what point you’re trying to prove. I agree that Wanted doesn’t sell a show.

Ensemble1698878795 said: "They were running into legal troubles for marketing strategies with Gun in the title. Not sure what point you’re trying to prove. I agree that Wanteddoesn’t sell a show."

Really just that you both can be right: it's obviously possible to produce a property with "gun" in the title, but nonetheless the creators of this show clearly decided that wasn't the way they wanted to go.

kdogg36 said: "Ensemble1698878795 said: "They were running into legal troubles for marketing strategies with Gun in the title. Not sure what point you’re trying to prove. I agree that Wanteddoesn’t sell a show."

Really just that you both can be right: it's obviouslypossible to produce a propertywith "gun" in the title, but nonethelessthe creators of this show clearly decided that wasn't the way they wanted to go."

I'll leave you all to your beliefs since you know so much. There were search flags that came up consistently with the previous title, which was creating issues for the show. But sure, Jan!

Ciara Renée is suing the show for almost half a million dollars. She claims, “she was wrongly dumped from a play ahead of its run on the Great White Way.” The producers of Gun & Powder said, Renée “‘failed to collaborate’ and was ‘unwilling to accept feedback from the creative team,’” Solea Pfeiffer has since rejoined the show, reprising her Signature Theatre performance, as Mary Clarke in recent workshops and the anticipated Broadway bow.

P.S. Not saying the two are correlated, but Renée had some not so great allegations during the off-broadway engagement of Millennials Are Killing Musicals.


P.S.S. An interesting tidbit about Renée’s broadway debut in Big Fish! is that she actually replaced an older actress as the Witch who wasn’t asked to transfer with the show to Broadway after the Chicago tryout.

Updated On: 8/23/25 at 11:10 AM

Call_me_jorge said: "Ciara Renéeis suing the show for almost half a million dollars. She claims, “she was wrongly dumped from a play ahead of its run on the Great White Way.” The producers of Gun & Powder said, Renée “‘failed to collaborate’ and was ‘unwilling to accept feedback from the creative team,’” Solea Pfeiffer has since rejoined the show, reprising her Signature Theatre performance, as Mary Clarke in recent workshops and the anticipated Broadway bow.

P.S. Not saying the two are correlated, but Renée had some not so great allegations during the off-broadway engagement ofMillennials Are Killing Musicals.


P.S.S. An interesting tidbit about Renée’s broadway debut in Big Fish! is that she actually replaced an older actress as the Witch who wasn’t asked to transfer with the show to Broadway after the Chicago tryout."

To build upon that tidbit, the person Ciara replaced in Big Fish was also featured in the cast of Gun & Powder at Papermill.

Oh man, Dancing in Ohio was such a disaster from start to finish, they needed to take like 5 years changing things before bringing it to Broadway. I don't know, both of these titles for this show are terrible, and there's legal action being taken before they even try it on Broadway. Messy.

Updated On: 8/23/25 at 04:01 PM

I am struggling to see how she has a case. I'm also struggling to see how she has a career after this. I wouldn't hire her.

Interestingly she only did five and a half months in Pippin. I wonder if the honeymoon period wore off quickly there for both parties.