Dear Evan Hansen question

Just got back from a great weekend in NYC. Was able to snag tickets to Hamilton and DEH over 8 months ago, and finally got to cash them in. They didn't disappoint. Also got to see Stephanie Torns in Waitress - and she was phenomenal.

Question on DEH - are the back-up vocals in "You Will be Found" all live? With an ensemble this small I wondered if there weren't some pre-recorded vocals in that number. I know that the spoken portion is mostly pre-recorded in that number, but wasn't sure about the vocals. Just curious....

Miles2Go2 said: "No idea about the pre-recorded vocals in DEH. (So glad you loved Hamilton and DEH; I do too). Just wanted to say I found out like a day before I saw Waitress last year that Betsy Wolfe was out and Torns was in. I was initially disappointed, but all doubts were erased by her performance. She (and Jason Mraz, surpringly) was phenomenal."

She was incredible. She received sustained applause for "She Used to be Mine" and a huge ovation at curtain call. I realized after the fact that the show we attended (Sunday night) was her last "fill-in" performance prior to Nicolette Robinson beginning tonight. You could see the great connection she had with the cast as well (who were all uniformly excellent).

Elegance101 said: "The “Virtual Community” does refer to the social media voices, but it is also prerecorded background vocals for the big group numbers. I don’t know if the offstage understudies also help out, but I know that a lot of the big group stuff is prerecorded to help out the onstage voices."

^ thanks! Makes sense...

Miles2Go2 said: "I found out like a day before I saw Waitress last year that Betsy Wolfe was out and Torns was in. I was initially disappointed, but all doubts were erased by her performance. She (and Jason Mraz, surpringly) was phenomenal."

I found out when I walked into the theater (but was less concerned, since I already saw Betsy before), so it was just getting another Jenna for me. But yeah, she crushed it... and I went there to see Mraz in the show.

Here's a past thread on this.

Does the virtual community get paid each week or were they paid once for their work?

From the Broadway Production Contract:

Ensemble Recordings. An Actor engaged to record material which is ensemble in nature (i.e., unrecognizable) for use in the production may do so provided that Actor is originally contracted for the duty or contracted by rider to participate in such recording and further provided that the Actor is compensated upon leaving the production at no less than one week's minimum salary if the recording is used in the production after Actor's termination provided, however, that an Actor who is unjustly terminated, per Rule 69(D), receives not less than either two weeks' contractual salary as a one-time payment or one week's contractual salary for each 26 weeks' use of the recording, at the Producer's option.

Compensation stipulated herein is for use of said recording(s) in the original production only. Actor will be compensated for use of any such recording(s) in any other production at not less than the minimum terms and conditions stated in the appropriate contract.