sound failure at threepenny opera!
sound failure at threepenny opera!
#0sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:26pm
a friend of mine just called me from inside of studio 54 - she's watching threepenny opera tonight, where apparently the computers went down...? and the microphones aren't working, so the show is not only 25 minutes late, but will start without microphones or sound amplification. ahhh! my friend is sitting in the balcony too, so not even sure if she's going to hear anything.
i wonder if they'll refund tickets...? that's really disappointing, especially since the show is closing so soon. i wonder what the usual protocol is for something like this?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:28pmIt goes to show what actors are made of. If they're "REAL" (trained) actors, they won't need mics.
Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#2re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:32pmThats so unfair of you to say. It has GOT to be hard to project out to the balconies in a Broadway house... there are no Ethal Mermans anymore... and the orchestrations in modern day musicals don't even allow an actor to be able to project over them
#3re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:35pmThat's really awful that that happened!! I hope it's fixed soon!! Well, I think Ana and maybe Brian will probably be the only ones with the voices to reach the balcony sans microphones.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:35pmIt's perfectly fair. Judy Kaye and Don Corren managed to do it during Souvenir (they both said they don't use mics). Granted it's hard to do it over a huge orchestra (the sound problems at DRS of late has proved that), but with the kind that 3penny has?
#5re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:38pm
some people got refunds.
Updated On: 6/21/06 at 08:38 PM
#6re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:40pmwow. they cancelled the performance? very interesting. i wonder if they will add another one this week.
#7re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:40pmYankee, all debate aside, the orchestra at Threepenny is excitingly large and full. Loved it!
#8re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:41pmwow I can't believed they cancelled the show! I would be soo angry.
#9re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:43pmi know, i'd be disappointed too! especially for people like my friend who only had tonight free for the rest of the week, or people who were only in NY for that night or something like that. i guess things like this happen though.
#10re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:46pmI hope they figure out what happened tonight and make sure the system (or whatever crashed) can last until Sunday. Especially b/c they have 2 shows tomorrow! And I'm trying to go back on Friday.
#11re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:49pmI'll be there Saturday night. And I'm coming in just to see this show. Hopefully everything will be fine by then, not so much for me, but for what my parents spent for this trip...
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#12re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:49pmWhat are the sound problems at DRS?
#13re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:13pmnot sure, i went to DRS last friday and everything sounded fine... maybe it was a one time thing?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#14re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:14pmCould be. The sound was abominable on Wednesday. It was like the mics weren't properly attached or on. Everything was swallowed up.
#15re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:23pmAww that's disappointing. I hope everything goes well by tomorrow.
LionessInWinter
Broadway Star Joined: 8/23/05
#16re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:30pmWow, and I came *this* close to going tonight. Hope it's ok Friday.
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#17re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:32pmyou can't understand the show from the balcony even with the mics.
#18re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:36pmI had no problem understanding it when I was back there..
#19re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:42pmNeither did I :)
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#20re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:44pmI couldn't understand a thing, they were pretty much constantly being drowned out by the orchestra.
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#21re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:49pmI'm seeing it tomorrow from the balcony, looking forward to it actually :o)
#22re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:57pmthe only thing i remember being drown out by the orchestra was parts of The Army Song. Other than that, I thought it was fine.
#23re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:06pmI've heard terrible stories about Studio 54's sound system for years. Hopefully, it will be replaced.
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mint0621
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/04
#24re: sound failure at threepenny opera!
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:11pm
I was there tonight. There show was not cancelled; however, when my friend and I left to try to get refunds, we were offered refunds. Most people in the audience, however, clapped when the announcement was made that there would be no microphones used during the performance.
I wonder if they would be happy after the performance however. Actors/actresses on Broadway are not trained to project to the back of the house without the use of microphones. Oh well. My friend and I decided to try to go see it another time before Sunday when hopefully the sound is up and running. The girl at the box office said that they fully expect it to be working tomorrow, since it was working fine on Sunday (yesterday was dark)
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