WICKED on tour question

[keith2]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 2:24am

Do all the traveling WICKED shows have their own live orchestras or is the music "computer generated?" Thanks for answering this ignorant question----

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 2:28am

Computer Generated?

Yes, Wicked has a live orchestra.

All touring shows I have seen do...

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 2:35am

At least with Los Angeles, they usually hook up with the local theater pit that is affiliated with the particular theater hosting the show. I have a family friend that was in the pit for Wicked last time, and is just hoping to get on for the extended run.

They may use some pre-recorded tracks, but mostly I think, live, at least from the tour stop I saw.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 2:42am

I know that they don't use a pre-recorded track. They have a traveling orchestra (which is small) and then they have a local orchestra which they use in every city they stop in.

[jacobp]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 3:23am

I was on tour with the Equity production of Tommy, and we used a live orchestra. Also a friend of mine is in the tour and they DO in fact use a live orchestra

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 12:27pm

Is there anyone else out there who likes the tour's orchestration more than Broadway? Aside from having less musicians, many cues and flourishes were re-orchestrated (more brass) and I think it sounds great.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 12:27pm

And of all the touring shows, Wicked would most likely have a live orchestra.

[missyrose87]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 1:22pm

However, they do use Kristin Chenoweths pre recorded high notes at the end of Thank Goodness

[cyril]

Posted: 8/26/06 at 1:27pm

in the chicago production, kate loprest, glinda understudy, sings those high notes in "thank goodness" from up on the overhead tram from her ensemble track.