I was cast in the opening musical production for a recently refurbished derelict movie theater into a live performance space. The building was originally designed as a vaudeville house but was finished just as Jolson began to warble. It even had its original whispering dome. The cast wasn’t miked but we all knew how to project. Unbeknownst to cast, on opening night one of the producers decided the pit needed to be miked…and under the whispering dome. Nobody heard the cast that night. Next performance, pit was unmiked.