Shows which originally had different names
Shows which originally had different names
#1Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:22pm
Example:
Aida- Elaborate Lives
Mamma Mia!- Summer Night City
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#1re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:28pmBounce - "Wise Guys" and "Gold"
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:30pmDISNEY'S TARZAN - TARZAN
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#3re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:31pmJersey Boys - Oh, What a Night!
BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#4re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:33pmBye Bye Birdie - Goin' Steady
Tick Tock
#5re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:12pm
Dreamgirls - One Night Only
tick, tick...BOOM! (or was it RENT?) - Boho Days
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#6re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:24pmI'm so glad all of those shows changed names.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:25pmExcept I don't really care for "Tick...Tick...Boom"
#8re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:29pmA CHORUS LINE was originally CHORUS LINE. ORiginal, right?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#9re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:31pm30/90 was also a title considered for Tick, Tick...BOOM!
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#10re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 5:58pm
Oklahoma! was originally titled Away We Go! The only thing that remained was the exclamation point.
Seussical went through many names:
Seuss! The Musical
The Seussical
Seussical the Musical
Also, back when West Side Story was about a Catholic boy falling in love with a Jewish girl (or was it vice versa) it was called East Side Story.
On a side note, in Annie some character names were different. Miss Hannigan was originally named Miss Asthma and Grace Farrell was originally named Grace Fair.
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
-Kristin Chenoweth
Updated On: 11/23/06 at 05:58 PM
#11re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 7:38pm
"Aida- Elaborate Lives "
The full name was "Elaborate Lives:The Legend of Aida"
#12re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 7:48pm
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Holly Golightly
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#13re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:06pmOklahoma! was supposed to be Away we Go!
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#14re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:13pmWhile in development, City of Angels was originally named Double Exposure - a title which makes a little more sense.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#15re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:30pmSpelling Bee had been Crepuscule. I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong :)
#16re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:26pm
Waiting for the Moon was Scott and Zelda: the otherside of paradise
The Civil War was changed to For the Glory
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#17re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:46pmWest Side Story was to be called Gang Way.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#18re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:27pmKiss Me, Kate was originally called Backstage.
Muhlethaler
Featured Actor Joined: 10/13/06
#19re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:52pm
Jesus Christ Superstar - Christ
Dreamgirls - Big Dreams
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#20re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:58pmDidn't West Side Story just come from a switch in themes from the show Sondheim was originally going to write called East Side Story?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#21re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:10amAnyone Can Whistle's original titles were The Natives are Restless, and oddly enough, Side Show.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/24/06 at 11:06am
"First Impressions" - "A Perfect Evening".
While "Pride & Prejudice" as a novel was original titled "First Impressions".
#23re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:56amFollies- Waiting For the Girls Upstairs
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#24re: Shows which originally had different names
Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:13amThe Producers - Springtime for Hitler
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
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