Thursday, May 16, 2013
Theater / Arts / Poetry / Music Lyric Opera's Oklahoma!: Where's that sound guy?
Posted By Deanna Isaacs on 05.16.13 at 02:31 PM
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That was lush
And all the words was up where you could see
But when the talkin' started
Some folks' words just turned to mush
Which wasn't how I thought it oughta be
I'm just a girl who likes to hear
When I'm attendin' a show
I want each word to be nice and clear
If it's a language I know
Lyric Opera said they fixed their sound
Bought speakers big as bulls to get it right
But at Oklahoma what I found
Was that those mikes was puttin' up a fight
Some words came sailin' right to me
Others, I couldn't make out
Wanted to say, could you shout?
What was that line all about?
I just cain't hear!
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