Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage- Page 2
Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#25
Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:15am
*showing age* No Strings
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#26
Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:18amDoes "I love you, you're perfect, now change" count?
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#27
Posted: 12/20/05 at 7:25amYou know, I should've been more specific. I'm talking about musicals where the orchestra is visible onstage.
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#30
Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:14am
any musical can have the band on stage it depends on the director etc...
but what version of footloose and tommy had a band onstage??? I know footloose did not have one they were in the pit, and i could swear tommy was the same way, but that was over 10 years ago so I could be wrong.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#31
Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:17amI saw a Production of Annie that had 2 pits on stage....one was on stage left the other on stage right.... The one looked like hobos the others like servents it was an intresting addition
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#32
Posted: 12/20/05 at 12:26pm
On Broadway, TOMMY's orchestra was either behind the stage or in the basement somewhere. There was no pit.
The original MAN OF LAMANCHA and the revival of OKLAHOMA had the orchestra on stage behind a scrim - they were visible for the Overture only.
The revival of I DO, I DO used twin pianos upstage behind a scrim - visible during the Entr'Acte (there is no overture).
Roundabout's revival of SHE LOVES ME had the orchestra on a high platform above the set, which revolved underneath them.
The original GODSPELL had the band visible upstage behind a chain link fence.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#33
Posted: 12/20/05 at 12:42pmUrinetown's Orchestra was in the PIT.
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#34
Posted: 12/20/05 at 1:03pmI hated Chicago for this very reason. I actually watched the Original London Cast (of the new version, Ruthie and Ute) I thought it was a huge mistake. The show is such a dance orientated production and - because there was such little space at the front of the stage - the dance numbers were quite restricted. Plus, the orchestra were shuffling papers and sat talking, which I found really off putting. they may have altered it since then, but I hated the show. Infact, not many people were very optimistic about it in the bar afterwards - and now look at it.
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#36
Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:38pmMy first memory of an onstage orchestra is the original production of "I Do, I Do" with Martin and Preston. There was a four-piece band in the original production of "Cabaret," but the 26(?)-piece orchestra was in the pit. The next I remember is "Godspell." The 1973 revival of "Candide" had the orchestra in 3 sections around the audience and stage, but it wasn't onstage at the Broadway Theatre. The last big show of the 1970s to have the band onstage was "Chicago" and there were orchestras on/above the stage for "Grand Hotel." Since Encores! is basically over-elaborate concert staging, I don't consider their performances, like the "Candide" with the Philharmonic, productions or revivals.
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#37
Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:03amSure, many people consider ENCORES! as concerts, but I don't because they hand out theatre Playbills and the orchestra has Broadway personell such as Red Press, Dennis Anderson, Jay Berliner, and Jill Jaffe.
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#38
Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:56am
Movin' Out the full Orchestra was above the stage but fully visable for the entire show
Good Viberations the Band was onstage through asct 1 then it moved back behind the stage.
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#39
Posted: 12/21/05 at 12:56pmTHE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#42
Posted: 12/21/05 at 5:54pm
We wouldn't be listing these shows if it weren't for "No Strings" thank you very much.
Umm..."The Happy Time" has an onstage pit durring tryouts but got cut.
And the current revival of "Oklahoma!" had the orchestra behind a scrim the whole time.
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#43
Posted: 12/21/05 at 5:56pmLet's not forget Taboo!
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#44
Posted: 12/21/05 at 6:00pm
Let's do.
Sorry, everyone's entitled to their opinion. I just don't like that show.
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#45
Posted: 12/21/05 at 8:17pmJust out of curiosity, what is the 1940's Radio Hour?
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#46
Posted: 12/21/05 at 8:28pmGRAND HOTEL (At least when it was at the Martin Beck/Hirschfeld. Didn't the orchestra move to the traditional pit hen it moved to the Gershwin? Or did that happen when it went on the road?)
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re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#47
Posted: 12/21/05 at 8:50pmGrand Hotel's orchestra moved to the pit when the show moved to the Gershwin
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#48
Posted: 12/22/05 at 8:53amI still would like to know what The 1940's Radio Hour was.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Musicals with the Orchestra/Band onstage#49
Posted: 12/22/05 at 9:17amIt's an Off-Broadway musical revue in which the stage is a radio studio in the 1940's and you watch the performers do a musical variety show. They sing actual commercial jingles from the era, do comedy skits, etc.
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