http://firemark.com/2009/07/10/producers-beware-theatregoer-sues-over-canned-music-and-wins/ Theatre, Film, Television, Music & New Media Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://firemark.com/2009/07/10/producers-beware-theatregoer-sues-over-canned-music-and-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-649 talfonso Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:17:25 +0000 http://theatrelawyer.com/?p=205#comment-649 I believe that "canned music" should be used in really rare occasions when staging a musical. I have written about the issue in my recent blog entry (http://talfonso.blogatize.net/muzak-accompaniment) and had my say on it, with support from personal experience. Of course, if the cast and creative team of the musical want a "live show," only to find out that it's accompanied by a "band in a box," I should have them save their money, travel to my home state of Florida, head them over to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and make them watch the whole of "Dream Along With Mickey," performed on the Castle Forecourt Stage in front of iconic Cinderella Castle to piped music! I'm already missing "DisneyMania!" (not the pop music CDs and concerts) and "Mickey's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas," which I mentioned in my aforementioned blog entry. I believe that “canned music” should be used in really rare occasions when staging a musical. I have written about the issue in my recent blog entry (http://talfonso.blogatize.net/muzak-accompaniment) and had my say on it, with support from personal experience. Of course, if the cast and creative team of the musical want a “live show,” only to find out that it’s accompanied by a “band in a box,” I should have them save their money, travel to my home state of Florida, head them over to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and make them watch the whole of “Dream Along With Mickey,” performed on the Castle Forecourt Stage in front of iconic Cinderella Castle to piped music! I’m already missing “DisneyMania!” (not the pop music CDs and concerts) and “Mickey’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” which I mentioned in my aforementioned blog entry.

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