Misleading Titles
Misleading Titles
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#1Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 7:46pm
...Let us Share...
I must admit, when I first heard "August: Osage County", I thought it was a western.
The first time I heard Gypsy, I thought it was literally about Gypsies.
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Updated On: 1/6/09 at 07:46 PM
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#2re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 7:48pmParade, but I think that's the point.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#2re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 7:55pm
CATS
but seriously folks,
Speed the Plow
The Boy from Oz, I thought it was another show about The Wizard of Oz
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#3re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 7:56pm
^ HAHAHAHAHAHA
I can see how cats could be misleading
One more I thought all my sons was based off the soap opera
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#4re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 7:58pm
Coast of Utopia with the subtitles Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage made me positive it was going to be a long epic about a bunch of people on a ship.
And yet I bought tickets anyway.
Waiting for tickets to Hair August 2008
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#5re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:01pm
rwelvin, I thought the same too.
It seems plays are finding their way into this thread a lot more than musicals
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#6re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:04pm
I used to think "Guys and Dolls" was about a bunch of guys who played with dolls-- like, Barbie dolls.
This isn't exactly 'misleading,' but I didn't get into Les Miserables until I was in tenth grade because I assumed until then that the entire musical was in French.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#7re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:10pmThe Drowsy Chaperone
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#9re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:13pmThe Full Monty. You never really saw it unless the lights malfunctioned.
#10re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:18pm^ Ha, I found The Full Monty misleading as well, only it was because I've always associated 'Monty' with 'Python.' Turns out it's not quite Spamalot...
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#11re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 8:18pm
Simple: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. That title alone helped kill any interest in it, including that unwelcoming and unappealing artwork.
#12re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:15pm
I thought gypsy had Cher's song, Gypsies Tramps and Thieves.
Lights in the Piazza , as i was skimming a website and saw the title i thought it said pizza
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
ifuweregay93
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/06
#13re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:19pm
I thought this thread would be about BWW misleading thread titles. So, because you misled me, this thread falls under that
cattagory.
#14re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:26pmMmm. I love Caroline, or Change. The title works for me and I thought the poster was servicable. I suppose it could have been more exciting, but that would have been misleading.
#15re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:51pm
Oh, that's not what Coast of Utopia was about?...then I guess put that on the list.
I almost forgot, when I first heard of the play All My Sons I thought that 60's sitcom My Three Sons was a TV show based off of it (like The Odd Couple) and that the show must be a comedy.
I don't think Caroline, or Change isn't misleading as much as it's confusing, but once you hear the synopsis it becomes clear. Same thing with Urinetown.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#16re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:15pmSweeny Todd sans subtitle...when I was little I thought it was about some flapper girl in the 20's. Not really sure why.
#17re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:20pmZombie Prom. You know, you go in thinking it's going to be some deep, introspective psychodrama about the human condition, but... nope. It's about a zombie prom. What gives?
broadwayboy101
Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#18re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:28pm
Spring Awakening...no flowers were involved at all...I was utterly shocked...
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#19re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:52pm
Well, it seems the creative team of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE agreed with me and changed the show's logo for the post-Broadway run in Los Angeles. Its amazing how much more appealing the show's title becomes by simply making Caroline smile.
Los Angeles: 
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#20re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:06amSpeed the Plow- I thought it was some boring farm set show.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#21re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:08amEVERYONE I know who hasn't sene the show reads my Light in the Piazza t-shirt as "the light in the pizza." It's almost universal.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#22re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:15am
Shrek. :)
But actually, being regretfully unfamiliar with ABBA when I was younger, I thought Mamma Mia! had something to do with Italy...
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Shannon Bo Dannon
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/08
#23re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:18am
Company.
I thought it was about a theatre company putting on a show.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#24re: Misleading Titles
Posted: 1/7/09 at 2:24ami thought company was about an actual company ala how to succeed or the pajama game
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
