Beetlejuice - Broadway - Joshua Mark Samuels
Joshua Mark Samuels' percussion setup for the Broadway production of Beetlejuice at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Read/See more...“Kris (Orchestrator/Music Director) wrote some really challenging and non-stop percussion parts, which included fun toys like a waterphone, boxing bell, and flexatone, just to name a few.”
Guys and Dolls - Regional - Kory Andry
Kory Andry's setup for Guys and Dolls at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Read/See more..."Using Regal Tip Conga Sticks allows for movement from conga/bongos/djembe to timbales and crash cymbal."
The Little Mermaid - Regional - Rex Lycan
Rex Lycan’s percussion setup for The Little Mermaid at the Howard Brubeck Theatre in San Marcos, California.
Read/See more..."There was quite a bit of Latin bongo playing in this show, as well as plenty of orchestral numbers."
Romeo & Bernadette - Off Broadway - Jon Berger
Jon Berger’s setup for the 2020 Off-Broadway Premier of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn at A.R.T./New York Theatres in New York City.
Read/See more..."The score combines small snippets of Medieval music, some Big Band Swing, 2-Beat, Classical, a bit of 60's Rock, and R&B."
Austen's Pride - Regional - Dennis J. Arcano
Dennis J Arcano's setup for Austen's Pride, a new musical of Pride and Prejudice at ACT in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Read/See more..."This setup also included six foot pedals: two on the timpani, a kick drum pedal, a hi-hat pedal..."
A Christmas Story - Tour - Laura Hamel
Laura Hamel's percussion setup for the National Tour of A Christmas Story at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, California.
Read/See more..."A new challenge presents itself with the many pedals I have to keep track of. Between the substantial amount of timpani tuning, 128 patch changes and riding a sustain pedal, you end up tap dancing your way through the show."
Matilda - Regional - Alec Wilmart
Alec Wilmart's setup for Matilda at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, Washington.
Read/See more..."One of the coolest things about this book is the role of the Bass Drum. I can’t stress enough how important having a concert bass drum is for this show. The lower, the better."
Waitress - Tour - Noah Hadland
Noah Hadland's setup for the 2nd National Tour of Waitress at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Read/See more..."While having all the cymbals and drums to hit in a 360 setup is always fun, it's been an awesome experience to try to get the most out of this smaller setup."
Wicked - Tour - Tim Mulligan
Tim Mulligan's drum set setup for the National Tour of Wicked at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Washington.
At this performance, Chris Jago was subbing for Tim.
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Into The Woods - Regional - Rex Lycan
Rex Lycan’s setup for Into The Woods at the Old Town Temecula Theater in Temecula, California.
Read/See more..."At the end of the second act and at the end of 'Maybe They're Magic' there are tons of quick switches between snare drum and bells/xylophone. In order to achieve these difficult changes…"
Miss Saigon - Tour - Russ Nyberg
Russ Nyberg's combined book setup for the 2018-2019 National Tour of Miss Saigon at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Read/See more..."I remember the learning curve being a lot steeper verses other shows because there was a bit of choreography and memorization involved. I ran the show down every day to prep as a sub and it certainly benefitted me once I played my first show."
Spamalot - International - Petter Nilsen
Petter Nilsen’s combined book setup for Spamalot at Romerike Folkehøgskole, in Jessheim, Norway.
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Curtains - International - Rob Holinaty
Rob Holinaty’s combined book setup for Curtains at the Drury Lane Theatre in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Read/See more..."I am running a microKORG as a MIDI controller through my MacBook Pro into MainStage..."
Peter and the Starcatcher - Regional - Brad Wetmore
Brad Wetmore's setup for South Bay Musical Theater's production of Peter and the Starcatcher.
Read/See more..."Between the Music Director/Piano player and myself, we covered just over 60 instruments."
Peter and the Starcatcher - Off Broadway - Deane Prouty
Deane Prouty's setup from the 2013-1014 Off-Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher at New World Stages in New York City.
Read/See more...“Well, all good things come to an end... or in this case we moved Off-Broadway!"
Miss Saigon - Broadway - Chihiro Shibayama
Chihiro Shibayama's percussion setup for the 2017-2018 Broadway revival of Miss Saigon at the Broadway Theatre.
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Seussical - Regional - Scot Sexton
Scot Sexton’s combined book setup for Seussical with Broadway Bound in Seattle, Washington.
Read/See more...“…I knew I would be juggling sticks, page turns, shakers, and beaters so as I was combining the books I was also working on my layout and choreography.”
Between The Lines - Regional - Sam Wisman
Sam Wisman’s setup for the world premiere and regional tryout of Between The Lines at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Read/See more...“The styles and sounds required range from classic Broadway to swing, vaudeville, orchestral, rock, and disco.”
In The Heights - Regional - Angel Williams
Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Groundhog Day - Broadway - Howard Joines
Howard Joines’ setup for the Broadway production of Groundhog Day at the August Wilson Theatre.
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Kiss Me Kate - Regional - Scot Sexton
Scot Sexton’s combined book setup for the Seattle Musical Theaters production of Kiss Me Kate in Seattle, Washington.
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Cats - Broadway - Bill Lanham
Bill Lanham’s drum set setup for the 2016-2017 Broadway Revival of Cats at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Finding Neverland - Tour - Greg Germann
Greg Germann’s combined book setup for the National Tour of the Broadway show Finding Neverland at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington.
Read/See more...“The orchestra read was really fun because Elliott Kennedy, the composer and Simon Hale, the orchestrator, were open to letting me try out a few new things.”
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - International - Rob Holinaty
Rob Holinaty’s setup for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Drury Lane Theatre in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Read/See more...“Incorporating the electronics has saved me a lot of space without sacrificing parts of the score.”
Urinetown - Regional - Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts’ setup for Urinetown at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Read/See more...“…This was when I was told the pit was literally a pit (no stairs, or elevators) and the only access were two ladders (one on either side)”
Seussical - Regional - Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts’ combined book for the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School production of Seussical in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
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The Little Mermaid - Regional - Ethan Deppe
Ethan Deppe’s setup for The Little Mermaid at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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Little Shop of Horrors - Regional - Skyler Fortgang
Skyler Fortgang’s percussion setup for Little Shop of Horrors at The Livingston Theater Company at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Bring it On - Regional - Angel Williams
Angel Williams’ percussion setup for Bring It On at the University of Utah, Musical Theater Department in Salt Lake City, Utah. Read/See more...
The Producers - International - Lindsay Kaul
Lindsay Kaul’s percussion setup for The Producers at The Players Theater in Port Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia.
Read/See more...“Due to a lack of players in a small theatre community in Regional NSW, Australia, I took up the parts of keyboard, harp, oboe and percussion.”
Mary Poppins - International - Nick Apivor
Nick Apivor's combined set up for Mary Poppins at the Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Read/See more..."As I was the only percussionist I needed to cover both percussion 1 and 2 books."
Finding Neverland - Broadway - Joe Choroszewski
Joe Choroszewski’s drum set setup for the Broadway production of Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Read/See more..."The Roland pad is mostly integrated with the acoustic kit playing sampled sounds such as concert bass drum, metal pots and pans, and power toms with reverb."
Tarzan - Regional - Rob Fedson
Rob Fedson's setup for Tarzan at the Palace Theatre in Georgetown, Texas (Austin area).
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Tarzan - Regional - Rob Guilford
Rob Guilford's percussion setup for Tarzan at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in White Plains, New York.
Read/See more..."Space was very tight in the theater, so having the malletKAT for all of the mallet and timpani parts was a lifesaver."
In The Heights - Regional - Brett Beiersdorfer
Brett Beiersdorfer's setup for In the Heights at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale, New York.
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Radio City Christmas Spectacular - Mario DeCiutiis, Dave Roth, Matt Beaumont
Mario DeCiutiis, Dave Roth, and Matt Beaumont’s percussion setup for the 2014 Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City.
Read/See more..."Most of the percussion is played on the PanKATs. The white lettering is used to remind the players which pad triggers which sample."
Lion King - Broadway - Carter McLean
Carter McLean's drum set setup for the Broadway production of Lion King currently running at the Minskoff Theatre.
Read/See more..."The best part of this show is all the styles you get to play. It has an African/Pop core and then branches off to Rock, Latin, R&B Ballads, and Big Drum breaks."
Peter and the Starcatcher - Broadway - Deane Prouty
Deane Prouty's setup for the 2012-2013 Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Read/See more...“95% of what I am doing is foley work - sound effects timed with action on the stage.”
Mamma Mia - Broadway - Ray Marchica
Ray Marchica's drum set setup for the Broadway production of Mamma Mia at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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Les Miserables - Regional - Don Sanderson
Don Sanderson's setup for The Orlando Shakespeare Theater production of Les Miserables in Orlando Florida.
Read/See more..."The book also calls for a scrape across a wind gong and because I don't own one I used my 20” Zildjian K Flat Ride. I tipped it sideways like a hanging gong and it works fine."
Crazy For You - Regional - Ryan McCausland
Ryan McCausland's drum set setup for Crazy for You at the Hammonton Youth Theatre in Hammonton, New JerseyRead/See more...
Peter and the Starcatcher - Tour - Jeremy Lowe
Jeremy Lowe’s setup for the National Tour of Peter and the Starcatcher.
Read/See more..."Some of the more interesting instruments in my set-up include a cuica for gorilla sounds…"
Les Miserables - Regional - Guy Gauthreaux
Guy Gauthreaux's setup for Les Miserables at the Theatre Baton Rouge in Baton Rogue, Louisiana.
Read/See more..."The 70‘s Mercedes Benz hubcap is used for the ‘copper pot’ and ‘garbage can lid’ as it produces many various sounds and definitely ‘elevates’ the look and feel of the setup"