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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend
joined:2/9/04
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 7/5/10 at 04:32pm
SPIDER MAN--Yay! We know what that is! TURN OFF THE DARK--A bad lyric by The Cure?

GOT TU GO DISCO

ROCKABYE HAMLET (in the tree top?)

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG--Maybe this title sold tickets in the 1930's when everyone was lightheaded from starvation, but not now.

A BROADWAY MUSICAL--And...?

DUDE

THE TAP DANCE KID--An ABC Afterschool Special

BABY--Just makes the imagination reel, no?

GREASE--Ewww!

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HAIR--"I heard it's even better than NAILS!"
"It's now rather very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'. As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more than a whine. It has no meaning, no purpose. It has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that'. Well, so f**king what?"--Stephen Fry
Updated On: 7/5/10 at 04:32 PM
Schmerg_The_Impaler
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Broadway Legend
joined:8/31/08
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 7/5/10 at 07:56pm
Dancin-- Yeah, I kind of have to agree about La Cage. I heard the name when I was younger and thought it was a serious French show. (Then again, I avoided Les Mis during elementary school because I thought that was in French, too, so maybe I'm just really dumb.)
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Kevn520
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Featured Actor
joined:7/20/08
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 7/5/10 at 08:07pm
The Burnt Part Boys
DottieD'Luscia
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Broadway Legend
joined:7/23/03
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 7/5/10 at 08:21pm
Do You Turn Somersaults
Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
GlindatheGood22
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joined:7/17/07
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Posted: 7/5/10 at 08:28pm
Caroline, or Change could have stood a better title.

I leave the room smiling.
Mister Matt
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joined:5/17/03
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 7/6/10 at 12:06pm
Hello Love <- This for a musical based on Miracle on 34th Street?!?! Probably could have been a hit if there had been some connection of the title to the material.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
maggiemar142
Chorus Member
joined:4/24/10
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Posted: 7/6/10 at 03:56pm
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas- just seems... vulgar.
Michael Kras
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joined:5/14/14
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 03:08am
For me? 'The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism with a Key to the Scriptures'

As brilliant as Tony Kushner is, it's almost like he goes out of his way to be pretentious with his titles.
mjohnson2
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Broadway Star
joined:11/2/13
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 03:26am
IRMA LA DOUCE
LYSISTRATA JONES
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT - THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
HALF PAST WEDNESDAY (seriously though, the word "Rumplestiltsken" was in much larger text than the title, so why not just call it that?)
THE ACT
BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR
THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER (The Man Who Came to Dinner?)
Please note: any opinions regarding shows or otherwise that are stated by this account, no matter how they are presented represent a personal opinion and should not be taken as an attempt to convey facts and disagreement with my opinion is not only welcome but I highly encourage it to inspire lively and healthy debate.
kp
Swing
joined:8/14/04
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 8/23/14 at 04:44am
singtopher - I am not saying that it isn't a bad title but wondered why you thought it bad for American audiences specifically?
EricMontreal22
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joined:10/31/11
Badly Titled Shows
Posted: 8/23/14 at 05:41am
Raisin!

One example where just using the original title, A Raisin in the Sun and putting : The Musical after would have been preferable.
Smaxie
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joined:9/26/05
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:50am
This one always leaps to mind for me.



Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Princeton Returns
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Broadway Legend
joined:12/2/10
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:58am
Love Never Dies
Stephen Ward
Spiderman Turn Off The Dark (I don't understand why the 'turn off the dark' was needed)
jemjeb2
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Stand-by
joined:6/28/05
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 11:11am
I believe that was "Here's Love" (and not hello as in Dolly!) but either way, you're right - no connection to "Miracle on 34th Street"

And in the context of the show, the themes and its symbolism - "Hair" is a great title!
FloydJoe2
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joined:4/28/14
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 11:34am
Bootycandy.
Mr. Nowack
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Broadway Star
joined:2/2/14
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 02:40pm
LOVELY LADIES, KIND GENTLEMEN

Seriously??? I know it's a reference to a line in the source material but it's such a clunker.

Also, HOME SWEET HOMER.
I was previously known as Mr. Nowak (Joined: 5/20/13).
madlibrarian
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joined:8/15/06
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 03:02pm
AUNT DAN AND LEMON. Whoever had an aunt named Dan? Who was ever named Lemon?
Green_Flash
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Swing
joined:4/5/13
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 05:23pm
HANDS ON A HARDBODY
Timmer
Broadway Star
joined:2/21/06
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:52pm
"ROCKABYE HAMLET (in the tree top?)"

I thought it was With a Dixie Melody.
Timmer
Broadway Star
joined:2/21/06
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:53pm
Henry, Sweet Henry
GavestonPS
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joined:6/10/12
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:59pm
And in the context of the show, the themes and its symbolism - "Hair" is a great title!

True. I wonder if Borstalboy is old enough to remember the 1960s. Hair (the substance as well as the show) was discussed to a degree that seems impossible (and laughable) now.
Tom5
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Understudy
joined:9/23/11
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 09:14pm
Any show with the F-word in it reeks of desperation, or at least reeks of desperation for attention. Some go for the so bad it's good kind i.e., "Urinetown" Some are purposely confusing: (I guess to get your mind working) "August: Osage County". Some are so bad you can't believe it's that bad (Phoenix). Some are incredibly dull: Dividing The Estate". But in fairness some are thankfully and exactly on target i.e., "Kinky Boots"
yfs
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joined:11/1/13
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 10:37pm
MY FAIR LADY. We know it so well that we don't stop to ask, what the heck does it mean? I guess it's a cockney pun, sort of, but really...what the heck does it mean?
Elfuhbuh
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Stand-by
joined:3/23/14
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 10:46pm
SONG AND DANCE

I know it was only a musical for the first act, but that just sounds boring.
cmorrow
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Swing
joined:10/25/12
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Posted: 8/23/14 at 11:14pm
One of my favorite bad titles is John Guare's drama A FEW STOUT INDIVIDUALS. Sounds like it's set on a fat farm, but it's not. There was also a drama produced at the Coconut Grave Playhouse in Miami several years ago called CRUSH THE INFAMOUS THING. But that's so clumsy, it kind of works -- that is, it makes you wonder what on earth the play is about.
choitoy
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joined:12/12/07
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Posted: 8/24/14 at 03:28am
I really hated "Saving Aimee", the the original title for "Scandalous" when it played the 5th Avenue in Seattle.

Though this year, the 5th Avenue is premiering a new musical called "Something Rotten", which basically is just easy fodder for reviewers...
Xanadu! Can't cry on cue!

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