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Eddie Sauter's orchestrations

Posted by: Michael_212 03:33 pm EDT 05/10/15
In reply to: The usual reaction. - portenopete 01:18 pm EDT 05/10/15

I think the opportunity to hear Eddie Sauter's full orchestrations played live is a good enough reason to offer 1776. What I most appreciate about Encores! is a chance to hear these scores as they were originally heard.

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Posted by: AlanScott 08:29 pm EDT 05/10/15
In reply to: Eddie Sauter's orchestrations - Michael_212 03:33 pm EDT 05/10/15

I have to guess that's the justification, but it still seems a slightly odd choice (even though I love Eddie Sauter perhaps above all other Broadway orchestrators). This will mean that they will have done all four musicals that were nominated for the 1968-69 best musical Tony.


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Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:17 pm EDT 05/10/15
In reply to: Eddie Sauter's orchestrations - Michael_212 03:33 pm EDT 05/10/15

Agreed. The Broadway revival of 1776 had many things to recommend it, but the orchestra was unacceptably small. Similarly, I saw a wonderful production at Ford's Theater in D.C. a few years back with an excellent cast that included Brooks Ashmanskas and Robert Cuccioli, but again the orchestra was small. (They don't have room for a large orchestra there.) And although I'm pretty sure the Paper Mill production had quite a large orchestra, that production was flawed in other respects.


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