Ep86: Evelyn’s phone made its theatrical debut; Nick becomes the applause police.
Evelyn takes Nick back to a production of Guys and Dolls, when, in a perfectly ordinary performance, an unexpected digital member of the pit band decided it was time for its big moment.
Nick responds with a couple of stage stories of his own, including one performance mishap that left an actor stranded in front of a live audience and another in which the audience did something perfectly nice and Nick somehow decided they needed to be corrected.
Also discussed: Sondheim, musical theatre pit orchestras, the "Babe of Pigs", and the strange survival instincts that kick in when something goes…
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