Klarinet Archive - Posting 000939.txt from 1999/03

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Music Man
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:38:15 -0500

"The pit makes the Music, Man!"

Paulette

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:27:38 PST "Scott Morrow"
<scottdmorrow@-----.com> writes:
>I'm trying out this "digest" stuff! Seems to work well!
>
>Re: Music Man.
>
> Unfortunately, my experience in "The Music Man" was my all-time worst
>
>ever in the pit (it was this particular production that coined the
>phrase "it's the pits!").
> The musical director did not seem to think the orchestra needed to
>rehearse any of the music separately before we started rehearsing with
>
>the cast the week before the show. The orchestra was too big for the
>theatre (and the unmic'ed cast!), and she continually told the WINDS
>(not the brass, mind you!) to play softer. At the same time, she'd
>invite any brass player who wandered into the theatre to come play
>with
>us! (I eventually just noted which pieces she wanted "quieter" and
>just
>didn't play them. I spent half the show reading magazines).
> The pit turned out so bad that in the newpaper weekend guide, where
>they only had enough room to write one paragraph about each show, they
>
>wrote, "The orchestra stinks!" List members in the Annapolis area
>probably know which theatre this was!
>
> The music was fun, though (the parts I got to play, that is!)
>
>-Scott
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