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[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/3/04 at 8:42pm

Thanks Becky. But only "for once"?

I thought I was making many other intelligent observations, too.

What about CONTACT? A travesty and insult to anyone involved in the musical theatre. May that yellow dress go the way of Monica's blue one--never to be seen again.

Yours for live music on Broadway!

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 1/3/04 at 9:18pm

my new years resolution, to try not to type like im on AIM! =D

[Broadwaylilhead]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:08pm

Don't forget about booth singers too.. those hidden singers that sit and sing along with leads or ensemble to bolster the sound of the music and lyrics. I think Sat Night Fever had like 6 booth singers-- not that it really helped that gawd aweful show

[mamamia sammy]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:25pm

Yes, Lilhead, I agree about 'Fever'. The only thing good about that show was Kristoffer Cussick as Gus.

[Broadwaylilhead]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:27pm

mamma mia sammy- you seem very obssessed and bitter with kristoffer cusick- take it somewhere else.

[mamamia sammy]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:28pm

Where? Does he have an official website? If not, maybe I can create one.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:30pm

A Chorus Line was famous for booth singers, like Karen Ziemba.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:33pm

I thought that booth singers also sang after a very big dance break and they would lyp sinch so they could catch their breath?

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:38pm

<<<<<>>>>

Broadway Bulldog, are there ANY major musicals that are not body miked these days?

Back in my day great projection could get you a job, nowadays casting directors chastise:

"Don't EVER sing loud at an audition!!! Don't you know you'll be singing for a mike? AUDITION for a mike as well."

Being as how I was a 1 Trick Pony, the advent of the body mike was the end of my career.

[Audrey]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 3:41pm

"Dance of the Vampires" had very little pre-recording!

Michael was not prerecorded at all except for the bat.
This is a sore point with me because a stupid critic reported a nasty internet rumor as fact.

Besides, doesn't actors equity (or someone)limit how much of any given show is pre-recorded?

I was a member of a pit chorus in a regional production of "No No Nanette" about a hundred years ago because the dancers were not quite the triple threat they needed to be, but then, they never lost a giant beach ball into the orchestra either. :)

Cheers,
Audrey :)

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:34pm

NO Equity doesn't limit recordings as long as its the person in the show. And I have it on VERY GOOD authority the Mr. Crawford had a click track. And from seeing the show I found it VERY obvious.

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:35pm

NO Equity doesn't limit recordings as long as its the person in the show. And I have it on VERY GOOD authority the Mr. Crawford had a click track. And from seeing the show I found it VERY obvious.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:45pm

Aren't you special.

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:45pm

MusicalComedyMan - I also saw DOTV on Broadway! Micheal Crawford never used a track when he was performing. Many people thought that his final note at the end of the first act was pre-recorded, but the stage manager told me that it was not. She said that most shows will make recordings of their performers, just as back-ups, but they were not used in DOTV! The only character that was pre-recorded was The Bat (My favorite character, hahaha)!!!

See Ya!

Phantom05

Updated On: 1/4/04 at 10:45 PM

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:49pm

Can everyone just let DOTV rest in peace? You will upset Max before his performance tomorrow.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:50pm

I am reasonably certain that I saw him lip-synching. And it wasn't just MY impression that day....

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:51pm

They are Vampires.. they are already dead

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:53pm

OOPS, sorry Max...Have a great show tomorrow!!! Phantom2 my apologies, hahaha!

Later!

Phantom05

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:53pm

I saw him breathing while he was holding his notes

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:56pm

What night did you go? Could he have been sick or something? I don't know, that's just what one of the stage managers told me after show! I also talked to them about the Eternity graveyard set, it was so interesting hearing how everything worked.....It was just a technically interesting show, don't you think?!?!?

Phantom05

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:56pm

I think we should ask The Bat.

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 10:58pm

I think the sponge was wiser than the bat, it certainly got more stage time, hahaha!

Phantom05

[Phantom2]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 11:01pm

Hey, I liked that sponge.

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 11:03pm

Well... I saw the show twice (drunk both times) and I ADORED IT. I was pissed at myself for not seeing it again. AS for the sponge. I have no idea what it meant. But seeing the chorus with flashlights under their faces chanting "Turn Around" was worth the price of admission!!!! OH and the Garlic Song.

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/4/04 at 11:03pm

I think they should have written a song either for or about the sponge!