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I think the small orchestra suited the production of Sunday just fine. With the use of the projections, the show seemed smaller and less grand than the original. And I think a smaller orchestra can be just as beautiful as a complete one - just look the Sweeney Todd revival - I thought it worked beauitufl and sounded wonderful.

The Chocolate Factory's quite good with its admittedly limited space.

Within the confines of their theatre, they can make the stage as big or as small as they choose. When I saw 'Total Eclipse', it was basically a short catwalk bisecting the room (if you imagine the room in landscape format, the catwalk ran vertically) and an array of chairs on either side. When I saw 'Take Flight', half the room was given over to raked seating, and the other half *was* the stage.

When they do musicals, they always seem to put the band up high, get 'em out of the way. There were 7 for 'La Cage' and 8 for 'Take Flight'. So if they want to build their up-high platforms bigger, they could certainly fit more musicians in. It'd cost more though. :P

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