Klarinet Archive - Posting 000295.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Save Live Broadway
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:57:52 -0500

Oh, man, That stinks! I went to a production of South
Pacific last summer, and after many years of using a live
pit orchestra (many of them friends of mine) they had
switched to pre-recorded music!!!! YIKES!!!
Sue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Lenoir" <AnneLenoir@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Save Live Broadway

> Dear Clarinetists,
> I just now got an email from Larry Guy, who earns his living
> playing clarinet in Broadway pit orchestras. Right now, Larry and Jon
> Manasse are playing in the Broadway version of "La Boheme". Larry just
> told me that the musicians are in some very serious negotiations with
> the producers of the Broadway Musicals, who want to eliminate all of the
> pit musicians replacing them with pre-recorded music and synthesizers.
> Larry said that you can log onto
> www.savelivebroadway.com
> and sign their petition. They have a very nice website. It is definitely
> worth looking at even if you don't want to sign it. ANNIE
>
>
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