Alphabetizing
Q. We are alphabetizing a list of Broadway musical titles and are wondering how we should deal with titles in French that begin with articles (La Cage aux Folles and Les Misérables). We are leaning toward alphabetizing under the article as you suggest for place names.
A. You could make an argument for that, especially since most musical buffs would probably think of these titles with their articles (La Cage, Les Miz). However, Chicago style is to ignore the articles that begin titles (in English and in other languages) when alphabetizing (see 18.48, 18.51, 18.52 for details). If your list is a long one, you might consider cross-referencing.
