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Have you ever wondered what it's like to go on tour with a Broadway show? Now you have the chance to find out! Um, sort of...
I have been on the road for over a quarter of a century playing drums and percussion in pit orchestras for many first class touring Broadway productions (13 to be exact). They include Mamma Mia, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Mis, and the giant 50+ truck 1st national tour of Miss Saigon way back in the early '90's, to name drop a few. Gosh, I had a BLAST!
However, all actors and musicians go through a rough patch at some time during their careers. I found myself in the middle of one of these during the fall of 2010 at which time I accepted (more like begged for) the drum/percussion chair on The Wizard of Oz North American Tour. Sounds impressive, doesn't it? It wasn't...
As I am adept at exactly nothing other than playing the drums, and as I was literally starving due to lack of employment, on the road with WOZ I went. I began to keep a journal of my travels purely for my own amusement. This journal became a five and one half month, 30,000 mile long bus ride chronicle of my observation of the difference between a first class touring Broadway extravaganza, and a one nighter nightmare tour from hell (I mean that in a humorous way - sort of).
Come along with me on this little non-union bus and truck imitation of a fake Broadway show. I guarantee that you'll laugh, you'll cry, it was... Well, you'll see...Have you ever wondered what it's like to go on tour with a Broadway show? Now you have the chance to find out! Um, sort of...
I have been on the road for over a quarter of a century playing drums and percussion in pit orchestras for many first class touring Broadway productions (13 to be exact). They include Mamma Mia, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Mis, and the giant 50+ truck 1st national tour of Miss Saigon way back in the early '90's, to name drop a few. Gosh, I had a BLAST!
However, all actors and musicians go through a rough patch at some time during their careers. I found myself in the middle of one of these during the fall of 2010 at which time I accepted (more like begged for) the drum/percussion chair on The Wizard of Oz North American Tour. Sounds impressive, doesn't it? It wasn't...
As I am adept at exactly nothing other than playing the drums, and as I was literally starving due to lack of employment, on the road with WOZ I went. I began to keep a journal of my travels purely for my own amusement. This journal became a five and one half month, 30,000 mile long bus ride chronicle of my observation of the difference between a first class touring Broadway extravaganza, and a one nighter nightmare tour from hell (I mean that in a humorous way - sort of).
Come along with me on this little non-union bus and truck imitation of a fake Broadway show. I guarantee that you'll laugh, you'll cry, it was... Well, you'll see... more...
