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NEVERWHERE ruined

Posted by:	NeoAdamite 12:33 am EST 11/04/15
In reply to:	Recorded music at community theatre - vegas 10:24 pm EST 11/03/15

The show is using recorded music rather than live musicians. The problem with prerecorded music (besides the aesthetic and ethical ones) is that it puts performers into a straitjacket. NEVERWHERE (at New World Stages), for example, was ruined by the performers having to pay constant attention to an orchestra that wouldn't follow them. As a result the whole thing became just a little bit boring. (All the reviews noticed the tendency to boredom, but nobody recognized the musical problem.) I say 'ruined' because I believe the show would have attracted twice the audience even with only piano, bass, and drums, or piano and violin.

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