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Re: Pit Band Horror Stories

Author: Brian P. Butler
Date: 2015-04-24 04:52

Back in '99 I was playing a summer stock production of No, No, Nanette. There is a scene during the show where the maid loses control of the vacuum cleaner. To accomplish this, the tech crew mounted a vacuum cleaner on top of a remote control car chassis, and would have one of the techs "drive" the machine during the scene. As we were in a deep pit, the conductor would sometimes mouth the action to us as the audience laughed at the slapstick comedy. One night, however, his face went from glee to terror - including sitting forward in his stool - which got our attention. As I looked above me, I could see 3 wheels of the vacuum cleaner off the stage and a hand snatch it back at the last second! That would have been disastrous!

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