#26
Posted: 1/28/04 at 7:37pm
The Scarlet Pimp! Mwuaha.
Here's one I've heard: South Specific
Here's one I've heard: South Specific
The Mispronunciation of Broadway Shows — Page 2
#28
Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:02pm
South Specific.. haha that was a good one
MovinG Out.. drives me CRAZY
MovinG Out.. drives me CRAZY
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#29
Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:09pm
Broadwaygal, that drives me crazy too. At the Tony Awards last year, whoever introduced the nominees for featured actor in a musical said "Michael Cavanaugh, MovinG Out." Every time I watch my tape of the Tonys I cringe.
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#30
Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:16pm
Someone in my grade said "Witch" instead of "wicked". I literally yelled at her. o, and my personal fav.
When I went to see Thoroughly Modern Millie, one of my friends, who has no clue what theatre IS so he kind of gets away with it said "So how was Chique Girl?"
When I went to see Thoroughly Modern Millie, one of my friends, who has no clue what theatre IS so he kind of gets away with it said "So how was Chique Girl?"
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#31
Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:17pm
also at the Tony's several years ago people had issues saying Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk.
Just call it Noise/Funk, already.
Just call it Noise/Funk, already.
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#32
Posted: 1/29/04 at 12:36am
I must confess that, being a radio DJ myself, I once accidentally referred to "Moving Out" as "Moving On" on the air. Please forgive me 
I do enjoy announcing some songs, though. I always get a kick out of saying, "We just heard Nothing from A Chorus Line"
I do enjoy announcing some songs, though. I always get a kick out of saying, "We just heard Nothing from A Chorus Line"
There are glasses to raise in the praise of survivin' the day
#33
Posted: 1/29/04 at 12:19pm
Not a Broadway Musical, but my mother always called "Yentl"..."Yenti"
#34
Posted: 1/29/04 at 4:04pm
Once I was talking to my grandparents and my grandmother asked me how "Thoroughly Modern Molly" was. And another time my brother asked me if we were going to see "32nd Street". I kinda looked at him weird and he realised his mistake.
Oh... look at the precious... Its Orlando Bloom, my delicious little crumpet!
#35
Posted: 1/29/04 at 6:03pm
I have no idea whether or not this is the correct pronounciation...I could be wrong. But I heard 'Tuh-boo' the other day. *Shrug* It could be correct.
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#36
Posted: 1/29/04 at 6:17pm
Once I heard "Beauty and the BEAT" I was dying!! Even if u havent seen the musical, were they living in a hole? Its a Disney movie for christ sake!! Anyway, i got i kick out of it
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#37
Posted: 1/29/04 at 6:41pm
For Avenue Q, I've heard "Q Street". For Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, I've heard "Joseph and the Spectacular Technicolor Dreamcaot".
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#38
Posted: 1/29/04 at 6:58pm
Not really a show mistake, but:
After seeing Wicked for the first time one night, and walking to Grand Central, I said to my friends.
"Hey, was that sign for Grand Central Station always there?"
They said, "No, I haven't noticed it before."
And I said. "Weird. I also thought I saw a sign pointing to the Emerald City I had never seen a little ways back."
After her strange look, I realized that I had meant to say Empire State Building.
After seeing Wicked for the first time one night, and walking to Grand Central, I said to my friends.
"Hey, was that sign for Grand Central Station always there?"
They said, "No, I haven't noticed it before."
And I said. "Weird. I also thought I saw a sign pointing to the Emerald City I had never seen a little ways back."
After her strange look, I realized that I had meant to say Empire State Building.
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#39
Posted: 1/29/04 at 7:55pm
way back when fame was a tv show my sister asked me if it was on that night. my grandmother overheard her and asked me what she wanted to watch. i told her, "fame." she patiently explained to me that my sister must in fact mean, "mame." as i knew vaguely that there was something called "mame," i tried to gently point out the difference. only after i brought the television guide to her would she accept the existence of "fame" as opposed to "mame." even then until i showed her an article on the show, she tried to insist that the "f" was a typo.
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#40
Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:01pm
I've heard:
Lah BoHHeme
Dead Poets Society= Def Poetry Jam lol:)
Lah BoHHeme
Dead Poets Society= Def Poetry Jam lol:)
#41
Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:38pm
This is off B-way, but...
Anytime I said something about Zanna Don't (to adults anyway) people would ask if it was a play on words of "Xanadu"...and then my dad called us while we were in NYC and asked how "Zanna Do" was....
Anytime I said something about Zanna Don't (to adults anyway) people would ask if it was a play on words of "Xanadu"...and then my dad called us while we were in NYC and asked how "Zanna Do" was....
#42
Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:50pm
AIDA...shiver...
Please just call it Les Mis...
Wicked has been called Witchy.
Avenue Q has been called Avenue K around me as well.
Thouroughly Modern Millie has been called Totally Modern Mildrid by my friend who SAW the show.
Saturday in the Park with George.
La BoHeme.
Cabarette.
Man of the Muncha.
Joseph and the Awesome Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Please just call it Les Mis...
Wicked has been called Witchy.
Avenue Q has been called Avenue K around me as well.
Thouroughly Modern Millie has been called Totally Modern Mildrid by my friend who SAW the show.
Saturday in the Park with George.
La BoHeme.
Cabarette.
Man of the Muncha.
Joseph and the Awesome Technicolor Dreamcoat.
#43
Posted: 1/29/04 at 10:40pm
I always hear "Me & My Girl" as "Me & My Gal"
State of Jade, that's the way Boy George pronounces it: tuh-Boo (accent on second syllable)
State of Jade, that's the way Boy George pronounces it: tuh-Boo (accent on second syllable)
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#44
Posted: 1/29/04 at 10:54pm
my dad can't seem to grasp the difference between Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Show. he gave me this big thing about the publicity of the recent revival of The Rocky Horror Show that has "that kid from Urinetown and that girl from Hairspray in it". i was going crazy trying to find some documentation that proved a revival of The Rocky Horror Show, especially one starring Hunter Foster and Kerry Buttler (sp?). i laugh that he still gets pissed when i correct him. oh well, he's the one who pays for my tickets, so i guess i can't complain!
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#45
Posted: 1/30/04 at 3:07am
A Midsummer's Night Dream is a minor one.
Aida has become commonplace.
Ain't Misbehaving'.
Beauty in the Beast.
Follies.
Les Mis of course.
As for completely mutilated, my cousin always seems to forget it's Hairspray, not Lipstick.
Oh, and speaking of mispronunciation...I hope it's just coincidentally bad typing, or this thread would be too ironic.
Aida has become commonplace.
Ain't Misbehaving'.
Beauty in the Beast.
Follies.
Les Mis of course.
As for completely mutilated, my cousin always seems to forget it's Hairspray, not Lipstick.
Oh, and speaking of mispronunciation...I hope it's just coincidentally bad typing, or this thread would be too ironic.
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Updated On: 1/30/04 at 03:07 AM
#46
Posted: 1/30/04 at 12:31pm
"This kid at my school saw a CABARET flyer in my locker and said it pronouncing the T. I mean come on, you don't have to know anything about theater to know what a cabaret is! Thats just common sense!"
Cabaret.... those are the things you wear in your hair, right?
Cabaret.... those are the things you wear in your hair, right?
#47
Posted: 1/30/04 at 12:36pm
Theater Chef, to have the "in" make sense shouldn't it be Beast in the Beauty? Oh I'm naughty. Children Close your eyes, plug your ears, and hold your breath for 5 minutes just to be safe so that you won't be corrupted. This may be a little too over the top for the board, please let me know. (I don't want to offend.)
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Updated On: 1/30/04 at 12:36 PM
#48
Posted: 1/30/04 at 9:59pm
A girl at school actually told me that we'd be putting on The Rocky Horror Show later this year...I'm pretty sure she meant Little Shop of Horrors.
#49
Posted: 2/3/04 at 2:57pm
Some people pronounce things wrong, due to an understandable, alternate pronunciation. But, some are morons! Not just any plain ol' moron, but what I call...TRUE MORONS! No wonder the poor urchin Cosette, in the now famous (but gone) "Les Miserables" logo, looks so damn depressed! You would be depressed too, if your name was the most mis-pronounced on Broadway, hehehe. Anyway here is my list, which also includes shows other than "Les Miserables".
STUPID PEOPLE:
-Le Miahhhz (Some guy, maybe he was trying to say, "Mmmm, mi ass, LOL!)
-Rant
-Thorowbly Modern Silly (Was said as a statement by co-worker)
-The Secret's Garden
-Carlotta Goody-cellie (Carlotta Giudicelli - Phantom)
-Mrs. Saigon (LOL! My brother - He actually spelled it that way)
MORONS:
-Less Misser-el-li-bis (Ticketmaster representative)
-Lay Mizer-ah-bull (Some old man, hehehe)
-Epo-nin-neeeee! (Eponine - Les Miserables)
-Gene Vel Gene (Roger Ebert: Review of Liam Neeson Film of Les Miserables in 1996. He obviously failed miserably in trying to say, "Jean Valjean").
-Inspector Chavay (KCOP Ch.13 Entertainment Reporter - Meant to say Inspector Javert, from Les Miserables)
TRUE MORONS:
-Lez Mirage (Believe it or not, this was said by some lady from the booking office of the theatre (Long Beach, CA) where Les Miserables was scheduled to play. Even worse, she would speak fluently, until she was forced to say "Les Miserables", she had this spooked look on her face. There was a huge poster of Les Miserables displayed with the title and Cosette logo, right in front of her face. Where she got the word Mirage from, I'll never know, HAHA!)
-Leh Mee-zuh-ghob (Gary Franklin, KCOP Ch. 13 Entertainment Reporter. This is a classic! It was an odd mix of English, Spanish, French, and GERMAN pronunciation. It was horribly traumatizing to the average ear, to say the least!)
-Fan-teen (Fantine from Les Miserables)
-Merry-us (Marius from Les Miserables)
-Colette (Cosette from Les Miserables)
-Lay Mee-zuh-raw-blah (A very common, but annoying pronunciation)
Before I go, I'd like to share with all of you, probably the world's most MIS-PRONOUNCED name, and thats none other than my name: ENRIQUE.....
JUST SOME OF THE MOST COMMON:
-On-reek (Maybe if I was French, it wouldn't be wayy off, but my name isn't spelled, en-rique, nor am I French, hehehe.)
-En-dee-kay (Um, no comment)
-In-ree-kee (Some white dude I know, hehe!)
Well, that's all for today, take care, bye
STUPID PEOPLE:
-Le Miahhhz (Some guy, maybe he was trying to say, "Mmmm, mi ass, LOL!)
-Rant
-Thorowbly Modern Silly (Was said as a statement by co-worker)
-The Secret's Garden
-Carlotta Goody-cellie (Carlotta Giudicelli - Phantom)
-Mrs. Saigon (LOL! My brother - He actually spelled it that way)
MORONS:
-Less Misser-el-li-bis (Ticketmaster representative)
-Lay Mizer-ah-bull (Some old man, hehehe)
-Epo-nin-neeeee! (Eponine - Les Miserables)
-Gene Vel Gene (Roger Ebert: Review of Liam Neeson Film of Les Miserables in 1996. He obviously failed miserably in trying to say, "Jean Valjean").
-Inspector Chavay (KCOP Ch.13 Entertainment Reporter - Meant to say Inspector Javert, from Les Miserables)
TRUE MORONS:
-Lez Mirage (Believe it or not, this was said by some lady from the booking office of the theatre (Long Beach, CA) where Les Miserables was scheduled to play. Even worse, she would speak fluently, until she was forced to say "Les Miserables", she had this spooked look on her face. There was a huge poster of Les Miserables displayed with the title and Cosette logo, right in front of her face. Where she got the word Mirage from, I'll never know, HAHA!)
-Leh Mee-zuh-ghob (Gary Franklin, KCOP Ch. 13 Entertainment Reporter. This is a classic! It was an odd mix of English, Spanish, French, and GERMAN pronunciation. It was horribly traumatizing to the average ear, to say the least!)
-Fan-teen (Fantine from Les Miserables)
-Merry-us (Marius from Les Miserables)
-Colette (Cosette from Les Miserables)
-Lay Mee-zuh-raw-blah (A very common, but annoying pronunciation)
Before I go, I'd like to share with all of you, probably the world's most MIS-PRONOUNCED name, and thats none other than my name: ENRIQUE.....
JUST SOME OF THE MOST COMMON:
-On-reek (Maybe if I was French, it wouldn't be wayy off, but my name isn't spelled, en-rique, nor am I French, hehehe.)
-En-dee-kay (Um, no comment)
-In-ree-kee (Some white dude I know, hehe!)
Well, that's all for today, take care, bye
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