If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

#1

If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:23am

Who would it be?

Mine:

Clara (LITP)
Maureen (Rent)

(I'm planning to have daughters...)

#2

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:28am

"She Loves Me" has always been special to me, as it was while I was doing that show in high school that I "officially" decided that I was going to become an actor. I've often thought that if I ever have a daughter (and I hope I do) that I would name her after the main female character, Amalia (and call her "Molly" for short).

But let's see how my future wife thinks about that

#3

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:28am

Boys: Mark (Rent)
Jamie (TLFY)

B/c I'm apparently planning on having adorably neurotic Jewish sons lol.

I don't know if I especially love any girls names from musicals..I'll have to keep thinking.

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#4

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:29am

I've already been planning on using Cosette as a middle name. She is not my favorite character, but I love the name. Les Mis is my favorite musical so I want to use that name in representation of my love for musical theatre.

#5

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:33am

Haha, I was gonna say Clara from Light in the Piazza.

Natalie - All Shook Up
Christine - Phantom of the Opera

Bobby - Urinetown

can't think now

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#6

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:38am

Not a character, but if our first child had been a girl my wife and I were going to name her after Audra MacDonald.

More recently I have been pushing for Clara, should we have another girl.

#7

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:40am

Joanne-Company
Vera-Mame
Maureen-Rent
Aurora-Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentin-Kiss of the Spider Woman
Giorgio-Passion

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#8

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:43am

As you may guess from my avatar, I would definitely name one of my little girls Clara :0)

I'd also name a boy Charley with Merrily We Roll Along in mind.

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#9

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:44am

although I will never have kids, yeah! because i am not too kid-friendly. I will just say a few names, because Ray wrote some...LOL
Ruth(Wonderful Town)
Amneris(Aida)
Marian(WIW)
Laura(WIW)
Pryia(Bombay Dreams)
Angel(The Rink)
Whor*(Amour), ok this last one is a joke.

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#10

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:44am

although I will never have kids, yeah! because i am not too kid-friendly. I will just say a few names, because Ray wrote some...LOL
Ruth(Wonderful Town)
Amneris(Aida)
Marian(WIW)
Laura(WIW)
Pryia(Bombay Dreams)
Angel(The Rink)
Whor*(Amour), ok this last one is a joke.

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re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:44am

ugh

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#12

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:45am

I want a daughter, Dot from SITPWG and then a boy Mason, but that I was inspired off of from Dead like me

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#13

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:47am

Clara and Fosca from Passion. I love both of those names.

A little off topic, but I LOVE Raul Esparza's name and Manoel Felciano's name too. So unque.

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#14

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:48am

Roger - Rent
Clara - Passion & Piazza
Benjamin or Tobias - Sweeney Todd
Marius - Les Miz

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#15

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:51am

OMG I would liek totally name my child Elphaba or G(a)linda...

soooooooo kidding.
joke.

um. I actually like Clara from Piazza
or Hope from Urinetown
or possibly Jamie from either Bright Lights Big City or The last 5 years.

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#16

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:05am

I'll never have kids either, my partner is 44 years old so he has a "no babies for us" rule but this is fun so I'd do it:
Girls:
Fosca-Passion
Maureen-Rent
Eileen-Wonderful Town (maybe our hypothetical daughters can be best friends, muscle23)
Faye-Anyone Can Whistle
Boys:
Stephen for Mr.Stephen Sondheim of course.
Frederick-A Little Night Music
Cliff-Cabaret
Joel for Joel Grey, lol.

#17

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:08am

faith (bklyn)
skye (mamma mia)
angel (rent)
brooklyn (bklyn)

when i get my dog im naming it link or seaweed(if its black)

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#18

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:15am

If I ever have a daughter, I want to name her "Beatrice" (from Much Ado About Nothing) But if I have another daughter, I will name her "Johanna" (from Sweeney Todd, duh!) Cause how great would it be to hear that song, and know you were named after it?

#19

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:16am

Mine are also not characters, but I sort of want to name my child, if it was a girl Audra Murphy (after Audra McDonald & Donna Murphy) and if I had another girl I'd name her Garland, after Judy, of course:)

I was thinking if I had a son I would name him Sondheim, but I would worry about him getting teased...

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#20

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:23am

Well it wouldn't be Fanny that's for sure.

#21

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:56am

I really do love the name Idina. lol. I'm diggin Audra though too. Boy if I were a child, I would be honored to be named after that woman! Garland is also really pretty too!

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#22

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:07am

Yeah, Joanna is really pretty. Maybe Bella, as in Bella from Rags, which actually means "beauty".

For guys, how about Bobby/Billy from almost every musical I can think of, or Julian from 42nd Street.

#23

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:21am

I too love the name Johanna, although it wouldn't go well with my last name if I named my daughter that.

#24

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:49am

Seaweed

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#25

re: If you could name your child after a character in a musical...

Posted: 2/14/06 at 6:56am

Ruprecht...ok just kidding.

Maybe Kathy (L5Y)

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