Comments about ‘Hale's stunning 'Scarlet Pimpernel' almost perfect’

Agreed! I hate canned music! Blah! Boo Hale!

Emphatically agreed. There are hundreds of talented musicians in Utah who are willing to work for free yet we here canned music through poor sound systems everywhere we go.

That theater is already short on space. Its amazing how they can fit all of the sets and actors on stage, then they pack in some 600 people....where would they fit the live orchestra? Really, I think some people nit pick because they are bored with life.

canned music still detracts.

Well.... They manage to fit in musicians for their Christmas Carol.

Trust me, if anyone could figure it out, it's Hale. I love how the reporter mentions one little thing, that's slightly less-than-glowing in this review and suddenly she's bored with life?

Whatever!

Great review! Thanks.

Live musicians wouldn't have to be crammed into the arena itself. There is space underneath the stage where sets are stored that could probably be used to house musicians and the music could be pumped in via microphones. That would be a good compromise.

The sets, blocking, and choreography for Christmas Carol are on a much smaller scale than Pimpernel. And there is no way that having musicians under the stage would work. It's not soundproofed and there are constantly techs and performers moving about under there. It would sound awful. There would be way too much ambient noise and they would be unable to adequately hear the performers on stage, defeating the whole purpose. Any musicians who could perform at the necessary level would not be willing to make such a huge time commitment for free. As great as a live orchestra would be, it's simply not feasible in that space.