| re: Link to my interview with Len Cariou | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 04:31 am EDT 08/18/17 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:20 am EDT 08/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Link to my interview with Len Cariou - bobby2 01:16 am EDT 08/18/17 | |
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| The recording was made a week and a half after the opening. I don't think Cariou was trying to say that it was made during previews. I think he was saying that they did 10 performances during the final week of previews, which included the opening, then they did the recording. But he's misremembering. What was a bit a crazy was that they recorded it over two days. That seems smart, but they did it on Monday (the cast's day off) and then they did the second session on Tuesday. Then the cast went to the theater to play it that night. He's also misremembering when he says that they gave 10 performances during the final week. They gave the standard eight. Maybe he's a bit mixed up because they had no days off the week they made the recording. It had long been common to make the cast recording the first Sunday after opening night, at least back in the days when new shows almost always played a Monday through Saturday schedule. When shows opened on Saturday night, as did sometimes happen even with big shows (for example, Camelot), it would be a week later. Occasionally there were shows that for some reason did not record for another week or two, or very occasionally the recording was made earlier (Anya being an example). Yes, it was a bit foolish that so many cast recordings were made on the first day off, especially back in the days when Equity allowed rehearsals seven days a week even during tryouts and previews, but it was felt important to get the recording out there as soon as possible. But often the performers were very tired, and sometimes it's audible on those recordings. |
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