punctuation in show titles- Page 2

[CATSNYrevival]

re: punctuation in show titles#25

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

Kiss Me, Kate

[SakeDad]

re: punctuation in show titles#26

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

All Shook Up!

"God, I hope it's not a REAL emergency...I only brought one bottle of Vodka!" That's my Diva Dog, Sake in the picture.

[Kitzarina]

re: punctuation in show titles#27

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

Honk!
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"

[EmieMarie]

re: punctuation in show titles#28

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

Footloose!

Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. ~Cymbeline

[Kitzarina]

re: punctuation in show titles#29

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

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

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: punctuation in show titles#30

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

And that's the least of its problems!

[Kitzarina]

re: punctuation in show titles#31

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

Oh, you are not kidding.

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"

[Flaunt It]

re: punctuation in show titles#32

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

Ruthless!

[xoxRogue]

re: punctuation in show titles#33

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

Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.

[Josh Freilich]

re: punctuation in show titles#34

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

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

"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid

[Joshua488]

re: punctuation in show titles#35

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]

re: punctuation in show titles#36

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

I like Grease! better with the punctuation mark.

[Urban]

re: punctuation in show titles#37

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]

re: punctuation in show titles#38

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

W;t

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: punctuation in show titles#39

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.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: punctuation in show titles#40

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.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[husk_charmer]

re: punctuation in show titles#41

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!

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[millie_dillmount]

re: punctuation in show titles#42

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

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

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

[Mister Matt]

re: punctuation in show titles#43

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

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Sandy in Sable]

re: punctuation in show titles#44

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]

re: punctuation in show titles#45

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

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

[Liverpool]

re: punctuation in show titles#46

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

topdog/underdog

[Zeitoujo]

re: punctuation in show titles#47

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

Mamma Mia!

"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening

[slimandslam]

re: punctuation in show titles#48

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]

re: punctuation in show titles#49

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.