#1
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:22pm
Example:
Aida- Elaborate Lives
Mamma Mia!- Summer Night City
Aida- Elaborate Lives
Mamma Mia!- Summer Night City
Shows which originally had different names
#2
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:28pm
Bounce - "Wise Guys" and "Gold"
#3
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:30pm
DISNEY'S TARZAN - TARZAN
#4
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:31pm
Jersey Boys - Oh, What a Night!
#5
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:33pm
Bye Bye Birdie - Goin' Steady
Tick Tock
#6
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:12pm
Dreamgirls - One Night Only
tick, tick...BOOM! (or was it RENT?) - Boho Days
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
#7
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:24pm
I'm so glad all of those shows changed names.
#8
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:25pm
Except I don't really care for "Tick...Tick...Boom"
#9
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:29pm
A CHORUS LINE was originally CHORUS LINE. ORiginal, right?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#10
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:31pm
30/90 was also a title considered for Tick, Tick...BOOM!
#11
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.
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
#12
Posted: 11/23/06 at 7:38pm
"Aida- Elaborate Lives "
The full name was "Elaborate Lives:The Legend of Aida"
The full name was "Elaborate Lives:The Legend of Aida"
#13
Posted: 11/23/06 at 7:48pm
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Holly Golightly
#14
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:06pm
Oklahoma! 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...
#15
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:13pm
While 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.
#16
Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:30pm
Spelling Bee had been Crepuscule. I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong :)
#17
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
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
#18
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:46pm
West Side Story was to be called Gang Way.
#19
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:27pm
Kiss Me, Kate was originally called Backstage.
#20
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:52pm
Jesus Christ Superstar - Christ
Dreamgirls - Big Dreams
Dreamgirls - Big Dreams
#21
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:58pm
Didn't West Side Story just come from a switch in themes from the show Sondheim was originally going to write called East Side Story?
#22
Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:10am
Anyone 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.
#23
Posted: 11/24/06 at 11:06am
"First Impressions" - "A Perfect Evening".
While "Pride & Prejudice" as a novel was original titled "First Impressions".
While "Pride & Prejudice" as a novel was original titled "First Impressions".
#24
Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:56am
Follies- 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"
#25
Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:13am
The 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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