If you are a pianist and in the pit you are behind the pianist, does that make you pianist number two? And is there a pianist behind you? And does that make you nervous?
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I'm not sure how to read your query... And whether or not I should be reading anything
into your query. In any case...
For
Mary Poppins, there are two pianos in the pit. The "Key 1" player plays the Grand Piano, and the "Key 2" player plays the Upright Piano. There is ample sitting room behind the Key 1 player. However, the "observation chair" for Key 2 is makeshift cushion that folds down from part of the set rigging.
Now, if I were at the Schoenfeld tonight... There are three keyboards, and three keyboard players. Key 1 covers the "original" piano book with some Rhodes and celeste here and there - much like how the original piano book was set up. Key 2 covers guitar and harp (and some celeste and strings). Key 3 covers strings and some synth effects. The observation chairs in that pit are next to the keyboards, players.
As for getting nervous when someone is behind me, someone is observing... No. I actually like when I have someone auditing - it actually sort of takes some of the pressure away strangely enough. I go into "teacher mode". Plus, I have someone to talk to during the breaks. -And over at
A Chorus Line, since we're in a room under the stage, we can talk in non-hushed tones, as well as watch the show on a nice flat-screen TV monitor.
Is that what you wanted to know?
