Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Lists

I work in the box office of a performing arts center in a small Southern town.  A lot of our patrons are average or intelligent, but a lot of them aren't exactly urbane. 

Here are some lists I keep at my work desk to amuse myself:

Names I have been called instead of Angie:
Andy
Amy
Sandy
Mandy
Beck
Carla
Lauren
Tangie
Marci
Alice
Lindsey
Kelly
Aggie
Agnie (Ag-nee)
Tangie
Emma
April
Mangie
Lisa
Anti Christ (this was not an insult, someone gave them my full name, which rhymes, and they became very frightened and said ANTI-CHRIST?!?)

Incorrect names of Broadway plays/touring acts:

The Nutcracker
The International Buttcracker


Dreamgirls
Dreamz Girls
Dream Girl
That Dream Girl Play
The Dreamgirl
Those Colored Girls
Cheaper to Keep Her
Cheapers Keepers
That play

Best Christmas Pageant Ever 
The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever

Mannheim Steamroller
Mangood Steamroller
Steamheim Manroller
Transiberian Railway
Transiberian Railroad

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
The White Christmas
A White Berlin Christmas


Liza Minelli
Lisa Minelli
Liza Minellia

Emmy Lou Harris
Emily Lou Harris

Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein
Young Einstein
Young Monster
Little Monster
Frankenstein: the Musical

.....and my personal favorite
Mel Gibson's Young Frankenstein

The winner has to be Spring Awakening though.
For months we got a lot of calls from parents wanting to take their kids to see............
Best Musical