I know everyone is talking about the jump, it was very cool. But the drummers snare is immaculate! That first hit at the beginning sounded gorgeous.
@tiamystic Жыл бұрын
Ikr 😍
@FlyBoyMT18 күн бұрын
I believe Hairspray on Broadway used an electronic drum kit, even if only partially. But Clint de Ganon’s drumming skills are absolutely immaculate, that’s for sure!
@mgmmathaxmaxmargereson1785Күн бұрын
I’m a drummer
@juliusseizure26732 жыл бұрын
Bass player is a BOSS!
@thelifedorado Жыл бұрын
I love his professionalism and chilled attitude towards keeping the show together as well as he does!! “And I’m amber”
@SunnySunshine773 жыл бұрын
As a musical actress by myself I‘m fascinated every time I see such footage. The conductor/musical director is capable of sooo much things simultaneously! On stage you‘re not able to notice all that stuff that is going on in the orchestra pit! Great work!!!
@faith-yk6hh4 жыл бұрын
me waiting for the jump 👁👄👁
@evestanbury18014 жыл бұрын
it was underwhelming after the antisipation
@jaesea69974 жыл бұрын
I loved seeing how the song really comes together, and especially the bits where there’s dialogue in between the measures so seeing those little signs of when to go was so cool!! We played a medley of this in band as well (although we didn’t get to perform bc of the pandemic lol)
@abbyreaves5954 жыл бұрын
Those saying the jump “wasn’t that impressive” clearly haven’t done musical theatre before😂😂
@starkers19973 жыл бұрын
Or seen it. I’ve seen many West End shows and jumps like that always seem so smooth.
@mikewolf53674 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating. I wanna see the whole show from this view.
@carolinedunlap13594 жыл бұрын
It’s really cool to see the interactions on a large production while in the pit. I never got a chance to do it myself but I wish I had - what an experience 🥰
@brockdavis20464 жыл бұрын
The BASS in NKIT OMG
@jacksonsigmon70694 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!!
@maikee7344 жыл бұрын
It was crazy good!
@wrenclark49074 жыл бұрын
Especially in Nicest Kids....😳🥰
@brockdavis20464 жыл бұрын
Eleanor Clark NKIT stands for Nicest Kids in Town lol but yes!!!!
@wrenclark49074 жыл бұрын
Brock davis oh lol 🤦🏼♀️
@wrenclark49074 жыл бұрын
For everyone who came to see it, the time stamp for the jump is 6:57
@wickedphant0m2 жыл бұрын
It's not just the jump... it's the fact that the choreography doesn't even stop for it. They jump on 1, 2 and IMMEDIATELY go into a twist on 3, 4
@jadejaguar694 жыл бұрын
Who's this conductor?? He's so handsome!
@sandscuba4 жыл бұрын
His name is Lon Hoyt
@thesmallone2714 жыл бұрын
these are so freaking fascinating!!! I love seeing the show from another perspective
@llc97214 жыл бұрын
If you notice,he's watching the dancers too, not just the singers. He has to make sure he the orchestra stays with them, not behind or after.
@DavidCherrie3 жыл бұрын
That’s not how the conductor works… everyone follows the musical no matter what. Sometimes a conductor will take cues to start or de-vamp from actors cues but that’s it. Everything else is under their control except the start of the show. The Stage manager will give them a cue light for them to start. I guarantee he’s watching the people on show just to keep entertained as it looks like he’s quite into his run as conductor.
@llc97213 жыл бұрын
@@DavidCherrie That's how conductors in shows I've danced in worked. The tempo was set by the conductor but if we got behind a beat or two he would slow it down until we caught up, not vice versa.
@DavidCherrie3 жыл бұрын
@@llc9721 this doesn’t happen with professionals. Your conductor was just being nice. Dancers don’t dance like you play music. If you’re a dancer and you’re r behind, you don’t have to speed up, you just need to skip to a point you know you can hit your marks. If you’re behind as a professional dancer, you will be the only one behind and you’ll be given notes or even be taken back to rehearsals by the dance captain. And if you keep getting behind, we have a saying in live performances: if you make the same mistake twice, then you should probably think about a different career. Sometimes though singers will come in on the wrong beat which is very obvious, and only then the orchestra will kind of instantaneously somehow skip to the singer. But never for dancers.
@amycool143 жыл бұрын
@@DavidCherrie Yes it is true that it's up to the dancers to stay on time with the music. However even professional conductors/orchestras can get a bit excited during a show and speed up the tempo, which makes it almost impossible for the dancer to keep up depending on the choreography. Maybe it's different in musical theatre, but in the professional ballet world, our conductor will still keep an eye on the dancers because if they speed up too much it makes the dancers look bad which isn't their fault.
@DavidCherrie3 жыл бұрын
@@amycool14 a one off show or concert where an orchestra may not be used to playing together, it is true that they can be overzealous and conduct faster in the moment, but long running shows like musicals, this is not the case. We time each act of a show and that goes into a report which has who played who and who was the conductor. It is quite common when having a different conductor, show lengths may change by minutes but that’s all. As you notice, this show uses a metronome to assist in conducting whilst the conductor plays the keyboard and doesn’t need to conduct every beat. This ensures the timing of songs is exactly the same all the time. Shows with metronome use like this run exactly on time no matter what conductor or orchestra is playing. There is no chance for the orchestra to slow down or speed up.
@alexe47504 жыл бұрын
Hairspray makes me regret I wasn’t in any of my high school musicals...
@emiliawilson43784 жыл бұрын
I actually was and it makes it worse because I know how it feels and I miss it so much more 😭😭😂
@oneandonlyprecarious2 күн бұрын
My freshman year of high school I was in Hairspray and I never did another musical again.
@elphbwckd2123 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I would love to see the rest and also Rent from this POV as it's a similar set up where the conductor is also the keyboardist.
@lizziemusical74784 жыл бұрын
I would see the whole show like this. It's so hypnotizing
@cpucrazy14 жыл бұрын
I love videos like this :) I guess it gives me a glimpse at a position that I don't think I will ever be, but still consistently dream about.
@Paulthefonz4 жыл бұрын
i could watch the whole show like this
@paulcanaday-elliott98344 жыл бұрын
It sounds like this was a rough voice day for Marissa Jaret Winokur, like she was fighting off laryngitis. The show must go on! Live theater, folks!
@Bubbl3ums4 жыл бұрын
Yeah... the oh-oh-oh's sound particularly rough....
@poodzz4 жыл бұрын
Oh poor girl!!!
@chookaschookas4444 жыл бұрын
Her mike isn't relayed into this track, so all you hear is the "bleed" into the mike in the pit from the auditorium. The audience hears a much better track
@emilygarth66544 жыл бұрын
4:18 🤗
@emanuellancecruz30284 жыл бұрын
That smile makes me melt
@scoreanarrangement66354 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that Hairspray use clicks.
@hanonondricek4114 жыл бұрын
That's just a metronome, (via the keyboard) isn't it? As opposed to click-track (meaning some of the orchestrations are pre-recorded that the live players play along to?) It looked like he was starting the metronome before the number and then counting off to it to keep the tempo consistent.
@scoreanarrangement66354 жыл бұрын
@@hanonondricek411 Clicks and click tracks are two different things...
@calw29394 жыл бұрын
Click track can be used on a lot of shows also to generate what's called "Timecode" which is like a clock keeping things like lighting, video and sound cues all in sync for complex songs. So while the band is all playing live the click track makes sure they're playing the same speeds each night so things like video and lighting effects line up.
@KeshiaFowler3 жыл бұрын
I love the clicks
@ktoliman2 ай бұрын
On the MTI conductor's score it is actually printed and indicates when to start and stop the click track
@markrsn4 жыл бұрын
SOOOOO cool!!!
@jordanstibal88344 жыл бұрын
This is incredible
@quizmaster853 жыл бұрын
"Now on eBay... the _Hairspray_ Orchestra [Play?] (!)" 😆
@HeyScarlet10 ай бұрын
what a gig! amazing!
@benjaminsmith6039 Жыл бұрын
6:26 "One Bar Vamp" ON THE BEAT 🔥
@ericrogers60994 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@neversaygoodluck4 жыл бұрын
Harvey's entrance ♥
@coralieallard51554 жыл бұрын
Ngl at first I thought it was Ryan Reynolds
@nicksurfs14 жыл бұрын
Lots of Broadway conductors are pretty hot. If you’re looking for a hot gay guy not a bad place to look haha.
@lunalin98704 жыл бұрын
Wow this is so magical
@shannona36134 жыл бұрын
I so desperately want to play in the pit again 😭
@mckenna86634 жыл бұрын
Try community theater.
@faithmoir16374 жыл бұрын
@@mckenna8663 i think they're saying that they want the current situation to be over so theatres can open again and they can get back to work.
@tessarolenc56784 жыл бұрын
This has to be where Rob McClure got his inspiration, right?
@KeshiaFowler4 жыл бұрын
This guy looks like him
@sydneyjackman25784 жыл бұрын
Oooo is that Kerry butler I hear??
@itsslewie4 жыл бұрын
Yess! The OG Penny!
@piano19854 жыл бұрын
Great! Thank you for the upload! Is there any chance to get the whole show? I'm doing "Hairspray" in summer and this would help a lot!
@slyfox34604 жыл бұрын
piano1985 hope you are doing well even if your production was cancelled this summer ❤️
@la.uralox2 жыл бұрын
I need the conductor cam for the entire show! Where did you get this?
@Ulloy77710 ай бұрын
Can I comment again about bass? BASS PLAYER IS FIRE YO
@Calvin19852 жыл бұрын
Announcer: “Use of recording equipment is strictly prohibited.” This guy: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career
@RafaelOliveira-go1iw Жыл бұрын
It’s legal to him haha
@alexiedowhan16684 жыл бұрын
Can people sat in the upper circle/gods see down into the pit?
@grishamlocke14284 жыл бұрын
Depending on the theatre/set up? You can see the orchestra from any seat in the house. The last time u saw Wicked on tour, I could see practically the entire pit, but before that I saw Hamilton and I couldn’t see them at all. It just depends on your set and how the show is set up. I hope this helps!!
@wagnerbertolino2 Жыл бұрын
Too much fun like this should not be allowed by law
@jgcarrillo4 жыл бұрын
6:55 perfect timing
@jeaniemarquez62634 жыл бұрын
mr shoe 😳😳😳😳
@sophias46734 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how this pit is set up in reference to the stage? is it just, like, in the middle of the stage, or did the stage get extended around the pit for more acting space? I've played in a few school/college theater pits and have never seen one like this where the actors can jump over so I'm really curious!
@JAHinHK4 жыл бұрын
Seconded on that. What's the configuration?
@sofiekristiansen13634 жыл бұрын
here's the stage from the audience's pov - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGXPk5p6Z6iJac0&t=556 you can clearly see the setup there
@sophias46734 жыл бұрын
@@sofiekristiansen1363 that's so wild! thanks for the reference video!
@menvicstudio Жыл бұрын
Usually, the stage is ontop of the pit and the orchestra members can't see what's going on on the stage. Only the conductor can see the actions on the stage some times through a mirror or he/she could be elevated enough to see the stage from the pit.
@erinslays4 жыл бұрын
Me noticing the mini tv for the actors with him on it in the background: 👁👄👁
@ehfos4 жыл бұрын
where?
@ComputerGeek11003 жыл бұрын
@@ehfos it’s right above his head, on the middle of the balcony rails. A lot of theaters have them (some have two, one to the right and one to the left), so the actors don’t have to look down into the pit for cues!
@verawilliams12084 жыл бұрын
i actually would buy that recording of the hairspray orchestra. can it happen?
@verawilliams12084 жыл бұрын
Could you do a Conductor Cam of "I Know Where i've Been"?
@bobbyjayjohnson34603 жыл бұрын
Do you have the full footage of the conductor’s cam somewhere?
@Bakerboy19582 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness no one missed. Lol
@chunkc_4 жыл бұрын
Wait is he playing the keyboard? And if so do all conductors do that cause..... when j was in pit for my high school production of putnam we had a separate pianist
@phillgreenland23904 жыл бұрын
Depends on the score and the preference of the conductor.
@onnapnewo4 жыл бұрын
@@phillgreenland2390 And often the show's budget -- I think South Pacific was the last time I saw a show where the conductor didn't also play main keyboard.
@deanna_m4 жыл бұрын
Depends on the music, because i remember when i playing with my school orchestra my conductor left the podium to play the drums
@keshkesh20684 жыл бұрын
You can really see the sold out audience fascinating
@nicholemclean89284 жыл бұрын
was this during a show?
@elligrant75014 жыл бұрын
Yeh
@ninavinterova98754 жыл бұрын
Why isn't he conducting tho? He's playing something..
@PurpleDynamite994 жыл бұрын
Nina Vinterová most of the shows I’ve worked on have the conductor playing keys 1, that’s why they’ve got the metronome to keep the rest of the orchestra in time while he’s playing and sometimes he’d have to use his head or hand to drop out of a vamp or start the music on a particular cue
@ma04874 жыл бұрын
I so badly want to play in pit
@jimbobperis75034 жыл бұрын
They jumped over the fucking pit?!?!! oh my god
@aaliyah34154 жыл бұрын
Where's the jump 👁👄👁
@JayJasperLondon4 жыл бұрын
Not much conducting needed with a click track like that geeze 😂
@BrianRIngram4 жыл бұрын
I think the conductor's hands are busy playing a keyboard so they need the clicks.
@DanielWhit3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes click tracks are deployed if there's a lot of automation in a production too - helps keep everything syncd up.
@ComputerGeek1100 Жыл бұрын
This is also a heavy dance show, the click is probably to ensure consistency since there are usually multiple conductors on a show
@VictortthegreatWW4 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain to me what he's doing?
@spencersher664 жыл бұрын
Conducting and playing piano
@josephgarcia23333 жыл бұрын
The band seemed to be a little late on the cutoff after Good Morning Baltimore
@rheamangles93474 жыл бұрын
What theatre is this in?
@williammclean10694 жыл бұрын
Hairspray played on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre
@johnnywhite584 жыл бұрын
why do they need a click track ? is there pre recordéd stuff over laid ? don't know.
@thetexasrose044 жыл бұрын
@@johnnywhite58 I think they have recorded music over to make it more loud and the audience can here more of the little musical details in the musical