Mary Poppins - Ogunquit Playhouse
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:19 pm
BroadwayWorld has published a positive review of Mary Poppins at the OPH.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/art ... -uALqJX-uY
I have to quibble with one point: the children's voices are not poorly enunciated. The problem with hearing them has been mentioned elsewhere: the sound system at the Playhouse seems to be on the bright side, attenuating the upper ranges, making it difficult to hear higher voices against a rather overly amplified higher tones of the orchestra. Sitting at the front, with the high range speakers high up above, one can hear them just fine, but half way back the upper range sounds tend to blur with the amplified sound. The sound folk need to address this issue, which affected BETM as well.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/art ... -uALqJX-uY
I have to quibble with one point: the children's voices are not poorly enunciated. The problem with hearing them has been mentioned elsewhere: the sound system at the Playhouse seems to be on the bright side, attenuating the upper ranges, making it difficult to hear higher voices against a rather overly amplified higher tones of the orchestra. Sitting at the front, with the high range speakers high up above, one can hear them just fine, but half way back the upper range sounds tend to blur with the amplified sound. The sound folk need to address this issue, which affected BETM as well.