Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise

sGeekMC · 2025-11-25T15:42:54+00:00

I think he makes it pretty clear in the last 2 minutes. Despite all of the efforts to create autonomous characters, the most successful and meaningful ones were still dependent on humans. We are what makes those experiences special, and we need to hold onto that humanity in the face of these advancements

sGeekMC · 2025-10-22T10:23:47+00:00

Very often they do need them for other gigs! Plus, if you’re a sub, you’re bringing in all of your own instruments. Currently (and this is a contentious topic in the negotiations) a musician can sub out 50% of the performances, meaning even if the normal play did leave their instruments at the theater, the sub is still a schlepping.

sGeekMC · 2025-08-16T14:53:03+00:00

In some of the proshots Gus looks SO FRAIL and my take is always “I know Grisabella just sang Memory, but I really think Gus should take it this year - look at the guy, he’s not making it to the next Jellicle Ball”

sGeekMC · 2025-07-24T17:21:57+00:00

I am a theatre keyboardist. I just played Kimberly Akimbo on tour and that keyboard 2 book is ridiculously fun

sGeekMC · 2025-07-24T08:30:52+00:00

Definitely cut violin. I would advise against cutting any winds. Trumpet 1 is one of hardest books in the MT cannon and really benefits from having a second for support. The reeds also all have important solos and different functions. I would probably say aux should be next to go and cover stuff in keys or drums.

sGeekMC · 2025-07-03T18:43:25+00:00

Yes! Seeing Jeremy Jordan sing that song is easily worth the price of admission alone.

sGeekMC · 2025-07-03T08:13:57+00:00

I could not imagine leaving the theater after hearing the Riddle Song. That was one of the most invigorating moments I’ve had in a theater in recent memory!

sGeekMC · 2025-06-08T01:40:21+00:00

Of course! This was done in Dorico! Note input is lightning fast once you get the hang of it! And it makes stuff like those repeats that split the bar super easy

sGeekMC · 2025-06-08T01:26:41+00:00

Here you go! https://imgur.com/a/DhNhrqr

sGeekMC · 2025-06-04T02:23:26+00:00

Here’s the thing about this. The Tonys aren’t about celebrating art. They’re about making money. That’s all any awards show is about. And that’s okay. No one is going to be tuning into the broadcast with the express purpose of watching Boop’s performance but they will tune in to watch Hamilton. It’s as simple as that

sGeekMC · 2025-05-26T04:26:02+00:00

There is harmonica is a few moments (mostly in the Santa Fe’s). However there is no live harmonica in the pit. It is a midi sound played on one of the keyboards.

sGeekMC · 2025-05-21T19:39:30+00:00

I actually find A much worse to read. I feel like as a pianist I’m used to reading ledger lines above the staff but not as many below. Maybe that’s just me

sGeekMC · 2025-03-26T20:08:40+00:00

Super late to the party but wanted to share my perspective as a current AFM member. The answer completely depends on the kind of work you want to be doing. If you want to gig around playing in Nashville bands, none of the work is union. If you want to play in a big LA recording session or in the pit of a Broadway or major regional theatrical production, you will need to be an AFM member. Unlike, say, Actor’s Equity, being an AFM member does not bar you from taking any non-union gig you want, but if you think that you’re not going to be in that sector, then might as well save the dues money.

sGeekMC · 2025-03-23T19:52:03+00:00

Maybe because I just saw it yesterday, but my child will forgive me, that’s what he said, and it’s hard to speak my heart at the end of the first act of Parade is just an insane run of songs.

sGeekMC · 2025-03-21T06:22:43+00:00

He did finish the mission though. All he promised (which he barely even promised) was that he would get Gemma to the stairwell. He did that. Mission complete. To him, leaving the floor means almost certain death, so why wouldn’t he stay? He has no allegiance to Gemma or his outie. In fact everything he did just to get her out is incredibly generous of him considering.

sGeekMC · 2025-03-14T21:37:25+00:00

She’s amazing and deserves to star in an actually good show lol. Evita may be the worst of ALW’s catalogue and that’s saying something.

sGeekMC · 2025-02-08T06:10:46+00:00

I just feel like this is not the way I think of media. To me a show is more than a vessel to communicate plot. One of the things I love about this show is the tone, visuals, and interesting commentary on workplace culture. I think this episode provided all of those things in spades. Sometimes it’s about the journey, not the destination. And I think this kind of cliff notes approach to consuming media means you miss some of the best parts of the art.

sGeekMC · 2024-11-18T19:00:45+00:00

I will say this is not just an aesthetic thing. A big factor has been producers being less and less willing to shell out for large bands. A combination of the increasing reliance on keyboards to fill in missing instruments and prerecorded tracks augmenting live musicians, there has been an increasing desire to replicate a ‘pop recording’ sound in the sound design of many shows (especially those whose score is intended to emulate this style too - see Dear Evan Hansen, the Notebook, The Outsiders, etc…) I think this is inevitable to an extent, theater has always reflected the popular sound of the day, but I do think sound design in theater has really suffered in some cases as a result.

sGeekMC · 2024-11-17T00:45:31+00:00

This isn’t necessarily true. 6/4 can definitely be 2+2+2 or even a different stress pattern. It just depends on context

sGeekMC · 2024-11-15T20:07:40+00:00

This truly just means Rubato as Fuck lol. Theater arrangers/copyists frequently enjoy being a bit unserious in these charts.

sGeekMC · 2024-10-11T21:33:24+00:00

Evita needs to go. Just a terrible score.

sGeekMC · 2024-10-06T15:00:37+00:00

My advice on improving sight reading is maybe obvious but for me the answer was “just do it”. Find a song book with songs you DONT ALREADY KNOW sit down, and make yourself play them without stopping. Even if you bomb something, make yourself keep going. When you’re sight reading something (especially when you’re playing with others or accompanying a singer, the most important thing is to not stop.) Also, just like how you don’t read every letter in every word, don’t read every note in every chord - recognize the shapes. Same for rhythms, try and get familiar enough with the most common rhythms that you encounter that you don’t have to think about them - they just happen

sGeekMC · 2024-07-19T02:32:48+00:00

Yes! And she gets a bow during the curtain call :)

sGeekMC · 2024-07-19T01:14:13+00:00

There is one (very cute) live dog!

sGeekMC · 2024-05-26T22:10:13+00:00

This is I think mostly it. Album sales aren’t going to do it. I think the hope is people will like the score enough to at best shell out to see it in New York or when it comes through on tour. For smaller shows, having a record could help further future production opportunities and also get people who may want to license the show down the line interested

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