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punctuation in show titles
SakeDad
Featured Actor Joined: 6/26/06
#26re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:43pmAll 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.
#27re: punctuation in show titles
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"
"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"
#28re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:51pmFootloose!
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
#29re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:53pmI'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"
"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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#31re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:59pmOh, 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"
"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
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/05
#33re: punctuation in show titles
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#34re: punctuation in show titles
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#35re: punctuation in show titles
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.
#36re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:49amI like Grease! better with the punctuation mark.
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#37re: punctuation in show titles
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
Stand-by Joined: 3/6/06
#39re: punctuation in show titles
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)
-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)
#40re: punctuation in show titles
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)
-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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#41re: punctuation in show titles
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#42re: punctuation in show titles
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
#43re: punctuation in show titles
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
Stand-by Joined: 3/6/06
#44re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/11/08 at 4:15amFoster, 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
Swing Joined: 5/9/05
#45re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/14/08 at 1:21pm
Nerds://A Musical Software Satire
Les Misérables
Updated On: 3/14/08 at 01:21 PM
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#47re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/14/08 at 1:36pmMamma Mia!
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
slimandslam
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/05
#48re: punctuation in show titles
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?
#49re: punctuation in show titles
Posted: 3/14/08 at 10:27pmJust out of curiousity, shouldn't "Jesus Christ Superstar" have comma after "Christ"? That's always kinda bugged me.
