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Author: Brent
Date: 2013-01-03 17:30
I've played the show twice, both with the revised scoring. It felt like fully half of the numbers in the book were "Mack the Knife". I understand that is not the case with the original; as i was told, Weill (or whoever arranged that later edition) capitalized on the popularity of the song by using it as often as possible in the show.
In both cases when i played the orchestra was on stage. The first production i played in was my least favorite musical theater experience in 40 years of playing. The show is long, and this production was slow, slow, s--l--o--w. I almost turned down the second production because of that experience.
Fortunately, that production was completely different, and quite enjoyable. Being on stage offers the opportunity to see a lot more of what is going on. Of course, you have to be on your best behavior for all 3 hours of the show...
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DrewSorensenMusic |
2013-01-03 03:55 |
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Merlin_Williams |
2013-01-03 12:57 |
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DrewSorensenMusic |
2013-01-03 14:09 |
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Re: Three Penny Opera new |
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Brent |
2013-01-03 17:30 |
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Jaysne |
2013-01-03 20:01 |
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DrewSorensenMusic |
2013-01-04 01:27 |
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davyd |
2013-01-04 17:38 |
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DrewSorensenMusic |
2013-01-04 18:13 |
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