technical difficulties stop 9 to 5 tonight.

They HAVE to figure this sh*t out before the end of the month.

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That's part of the reason there ARE previews. It happens.

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Did Allison do her famous ping pong ball trick to entertain the crowd?

you clearly have never seen it. It's a beautiful thing.

What ping pong ball trick are you talking about? LOL. She totally should have done the Jackal though.

I have never heard of a show being stopped because of the sound. Ever. Can you elaborate?

It could be that it was something else but the producer didn't tell you because they didn't want it to end up on BWW.

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Sound can be just as much of a safety issue as sets.

With the kind of power getting pumped into the sound systems at large theaters, you could easily damage the hearing of hundreds.

"Sound can be just as much of a safety issue as sets.

With the kind of power getting pumped into the sound systems at large theaters, you could easily damage the hearing of hundreds."

I hope you're joking, because if you're not, I don't know any other way to put this: that's nonsense. The sound doesn't get stuck on. The problem is the opposite, as miss pennywise is explaining. Now it makes more sense. They had some sort of massive failure in the sound system. Hard to muddle through if none of your sound is working, especially your orchestra.

Thanks for the additional info, Miss pennywise. You're right, these things don't just happen during previews, but it's much more likely that these problems will crop up then, and less likely later. Also, later on, if these problems do happen, they tend to get fixed much more quickly. Billy Elliot is kind of an exception to the rule. They've been having problems into their run far longer than any other I've known. Even Titanic, which had horrific preview problems, once having to cancel the show mid-way through, got their problems in hand and rarely had them after opening.

I think many on this board would be surprised at how often near catastrophes happen without the audience ever having a clue that anything was wrong.

Updated On: 4/10/09 at 03:39 AM

I was there as well. I think they must have been having trouble with the sound even before that scene, because I was having major difficulty hearing the actors over the orchestra. I actually could hear everything better once all the sound had cut out. The balance seemed to be better after that (although still not ideal.)

Overall, I really liked the show. My only major disappointment was the choreography. While there are some interesting ideas, the choreography seems very deliberate and disconnected from both the music and characters. Also, the individual dancers don't really come together to make an interesting stage picture. It just kind of looks chaotic. It works for the opening number, and some of the office scenes, but at some points, the choreography just looked awkward.

I was there last night, and when the sound went out, my wife could still hear everything through the assisted listening device. So, while everyone else could barely hear the actors, she heard everything just fine. I was wondering if anyone with more tech knowledge than I could explain that.

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Updated On: 4/10/09 at 07:44 AM

It's in it's first few nights of previews for gods sake.
Get over it don't go!