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The Mispronunciation of Broadway Shows

Posted: 1/26/04 at 10:50pm

Does anyone else get annoyed when people constantly say names with the wrong pronunciation or the wrong name completely?

My mom constantly says: "Little ShopS of Horrors and it drives me insane. I always tell her: "There's only one shop!"

And Les Miserables? Please, I just tell her to say "les mis".

Hm, what else. I've heard: "Wicked Witch" in place of "Wicked"

Any others that bother you people or am I just obsessive?
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Posted: 1/26/04 at 10:55pm

I've heard quite a few versions of Aida that would make skin crawl

Beauty Queen...

Dancing at...

the list goes on...
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
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Posted: 1/26/04 at 11:07pm

Let's not forget the bright lightbulb that called DOTV " do TV". I swear it! Yet, my favorite is less-miserables, followed closely by "lay-bo-heema"
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The Mispronunciation of Broadway Shows

Posted: 1/27/04 at 1:19am

Oh there are so many...
but it is not a muscial but my mom always wants to call BEACHES --Sand Dunes

and she calls Steel Magnolias... That Hard Flower Movie.
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 8:12am

I know someone that constantly refers to Sweet Charity as Sweet Chariot. I once had a conversation with a cab driver who referred to something called La Cage aux Miserables.
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 1:53pm

how bout misspelling??? maMMa mia. my favorite is on ebay with people that sell programs/cds and the name is right there and yet they spell it mama mia ... gggrrrr
~*~ Little Boys Who Play With Fire Get Their Fingers Burned ~*~ Tanya (Mamma Mia)
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 2:08pm

lol Those are great. But I especially love when I say anything about Gigi, and people always say things like, "Ewww!! That movie with Bennifer?! How gross!" Or at a theater in Canada where people called in asking for tickets to Gigli instead of Gigi.

Another Les Mis one, a person called in to the theater where I live asking for tickets to it. The person working there said that Les Mis wasn't coming but something called less miserables was coming (saying it like it looks). That made me crack up!!
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 2:38pm

I hate it when people mispronounce RENT. I guess they say it too quickly and pronounce it as "REH." We all know the title is short, but do you have to make it shorter by dropping the N and T?
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 3:51pm

I as well have heard a lot of names for Aida. Well that is a tricky one for people who dont know Broadway.
I as well have the parents who mix everything up.
My mom said Avenue K.
Kill me. I can say it one hundred times and next week she will say it again.
We're only seeing it next week!
"They hear drums. We hear music."

Updated On: 1/27/04 at 03:51 PM

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Posted: 1/27/04 at 4:01pm

when my dad and i were planning our nyc trip last year, he kept on saying thoroughly modern millie as thoroughly modernDAY. it annoyed me so much. hah one of those pet pevvees.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 5:07pm

I have a friend who calls the play WAIT UNTIL DARK "Wait Until It Gets Dark Outside"--heck, she's 82.

And there's the local radio announcer who mentioned the musical MAN OF LA JOLLA--I'm not kidding!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 11:10pm

"Maimed". That is what I call the movie musical based on Jerry Herman's "Mame". Nothing can move me off that pronounciation because that's what it was.

I once heard Carousel pronounced as if it rhymed with arousal. Freudian slip? I think not.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Posted: 1/27/04 at 11:16pm

this might be the FUNNIEST thread I have ever seen. Thanks for the laughs folks, I really needed them tonight.
Nick :)
PS: AVENUE K is the BEST.
A ripple on the edge can be a tidal wave; no matter what the size. Anything can be, depending how you see when you're looking at the world with brand new eyes. ---Prodigal
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Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:38am

In all other English speaking countries the musical Man of La Mancha, is pronounced as man-cha, yet in the U.S. you pronounce it as marn-cha. I wonder why?

I remember hearing of a story during the 80's of someone at TKTS asking for tickets for Barefoot in the Park with George.
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Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:47am

My favorites I've heard:

*"Joseph and the Amazing Coat Thingy"
*(anything involving Les Mis...always gets pronounced wrong)
*(anything AIDA, obviously)
*"Gospel" (Godspell)
*OE: When I saw Cupid and Psyche Off-Bway, my mother came to one of the shows and kept saying "So, when's Cupid and Psycho going to start?" And she was serious.
*I was talking with someone about Hello Dolly (not saying the title) and they responded, "oh...Hello....Barbra Streisand?" I totally passed out after that. re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: The Mispronunci

Meh...can't think of anymore.

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 08:47 AM

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 6:12pm

The ones I've heard:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch became: Hedgewig and the Angry Itch.

Then there was: A Funny Thing Happened In The Forum.

And finally: The Scarlet Pimp

I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
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Posted: 1/28/04 at 7:13pm

wow these are too funny! My dad actually said Cabaret with a T a while ago. I got really mad. He hates Cabaret, but still. No excuse.
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