rec.arts.theatre.musicals

"MaryLyon" wrote in message
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> Greetings;
>
> I'm delighted to announce that I'm in "production" for a new event
> which should debut somewhere around March 17, 2008. So far so good,
> I'm feeling well, getting a little belly, and of course, we are very
> excited!
>
> Now, here's the hard part. We are not going to learn to gender of the
> baby, and we are having a hell of a time coming up with names if it is
> a boy. It would be so great if we could find the perfect name
> somewhere in musical theatre history, but we are coming up short -
> Irving, Ira, Frank, Harold and George just don't work for me! Stephen
> is a possibility, but I am not crazy about it.
>
> So, put your thinking caps and give me some suggestions! I'm open to
> names of directors, composers, lyricists, actors, or characters. Here
> are my criteria:
>
> 1. Must be more than one syllable. We have a one-syllable surname, so
> we need two or more syllables for things to sound best, at least to my
> ear.
> 2. Nothing too popular, but nothing too weird. I was one of multitudes
> of Amys in school, so I don't want my kid to be put through the same
> experience. By the same token, I don't want too strange a name -
> sorry, Fiorello's off the list! I'd prefer something classic that
> perhaps is not in common use at the moment.
> 3. Surname begins with "L," so first name should not end with "L" -
> this bothers me.
> 4. If possible, I'd like a name that doesn't lend itself to nicknames.
> For example, I'm partial to Charles, but don't want to be fighting
> everyone's urge to call him Chuck for the rest of my life.
>
> C'mon gang, show me what ya got!
> Cheers!
> Amy :)
>

Congratulations, Amy!!!! March 17th, hmmm....how about a good Irish name,
although I sure can't think of any Irish musical theatre composers except
George M. Cohan. Hey, George would be good, because it could work for
either George M., George Seurat or George Gershwin! But you don't like that
name.....hmmm.. How about Richard? Leonard?

Okay, how about characters: Finian? Sweeney? Joey? Hey, you could have
your choice of musicals with that name! Patrick (one of my favorite names)
from MAME, would be good. :)

Just have a happy baby, Amy. The rest of it will sort itself out.
--
Moni (fmomoon)
War does not determine who is right,
war determines who is left.--Bertrand Russell