And you, of course, would probably be the only one who knows what I'm talking about when I refer to her upcoming "role".
Unless you told anypony else, I doubt it. In my personal experience, not many people know what you're going to be referencing. It's a shame, as I rather like it a lot. 
It would be quite the shame if no one got it...
That'd be interesting, actually. I suggest you make a Poll or something after the story is released. Whoever guesses it correctly gets a cookie. 
Seeing as how the title would be similar, I would think people could guess it purely off of that.
Unless they live in their dark, lonely corner of the world where there is no such thing as classics.
/shudder
Lol!