punctuation in show titles- Page 2

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:39pm

Kiss Me, Kate

[SakeDad]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:43pm

All Shook Up!

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:46pm

Honk!
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

[EmieMarie]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:51pm

Footloose!

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:53pm

I've been in the show twice; Footloose has no punctuation.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:57pm

And that's the least of its problems!

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:59pm

Oh, you are not kidding.

[Flaunt It]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 10:36pm

Ruthless!

[xoxRogue]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:27am

Ain't Misbehavin'
Bright Lights, Big City
Jelly's Last Jam
No, No, Nanette
Shout! The Mod Musical
Singin' in the Rain
The Baker's Wife

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:39am

I got one:
JOE! THE MUSICAL!
Music and lyrics by Dan Lipton and David Rossmer

[Joshua488]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:44am

I don't like that the 1994 revival of Grease added an exclamation point to the title.

My favorite title with punctuation is tick, tick... BOOM! because not only is the punctuation very specific, but the use of lowercase and uppercase letters is very specific as well. It irks me a little when I see it written differently.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:49am

I like Grease! better with the punctuation mark.

[Urban]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 3:08am

Hey just imagine some of the shows IF they had punctuation, like:

The Lion... KING!
(Cat) On a hot tin roof
Sunday in the Park (With George!)
The! Secret! Garden!

I am sure more creative people could think of better ones, but boy wouldn't the show just be thought of differently with some different punctuation. Héhéhé...
Updated On: 3/10/08 at 03:08 AM

[Sandy in Sable]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 5:31am

W;t

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 8:32am

When the play WIT premiered, it was spelled Wit.

The movie decided to insert a semicolon where the i was.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 8:33am

YANK!

The revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING!

The original did not have an exclamation point at the end.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 8:44am

I usually make titles grammatically correct...I can't just leave it.

However, all this reminds me of a FRIENDS quote, from Season 1 with the gang go to see Joey in FREUD! the Musical: (Paraphrased)

Phoebe: Oh it's not that, it's the title that bothers me. See the exclamation point? It's not content to just be Freud it's FREUD!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 9:04am

Husk_charmer: Love that episode, especially the Freud! song.

"Don't bother with: colons (too common), commas (ditto), apostrophes (which I consider spelling, rather than punctuation)."

I included some anyway (including off-Broadway).

August: Osage County
Come Back, Little Sheba
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
Is He Dead?
Mamma Mia!
Naked Boys Singing!
Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding

Updated On: 3/10/08 at 09:04 AM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/10/08 at 12:11pm

Honk!
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad



What about a slash?

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Romance/Romance
Blue/Orange

[Sandy in Sable]

Posted: 3/11/08 at 4:15am

Foster, the film uses an i, not a ;... the play alternately uses the i and ;. I particularly remember the ; in advertisements when I became familiar with the play during Judy Light's tenure.

[meneleus]

Posted: 3/14/08 at 1:21pm

Nerds://A Musical Software Satire
Les Misérables
Updated On: 3/14/08 at 01:21 PM

[Liverpool]

Posted: 3/14/08 at 1:29pm

topdog/underdog

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 3/14/08 at 1:36pm

Mamma Mia!

[slimandslam]

Posted: 3/14/08 at 9:59pm

Les Misérables

That accent isn't punctuation. It's a diacritical mark.

< / nitpick >

Has anyone mentioned A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine yet?

[The White Half-Mask]

Posted: 3/14/08 at 10:27pm

Just out of curiousity, shouldn't "Jesus Christ Superstar" have comma after "Christ"? That's always kinda bugged me.