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Banned on Broadway, a new generation of music software is shrinking musical theatre orchestras

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By Elissa Blake
| MSN UK Verified
Few fans of Disney's The Lion King would think to peer over the railing of Sydney's Capitol Theatre orchestra pit. But if they did, they would find the musicians have plenty of elbow room. During The Lion King's Australian debut season in 2003, there would have been 17 players. Now there are just 11. The Lion King isn't the only musical reducing the size of its bands and orchestras.
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James O’Loghlin: ‘I’d lie awake at night thinking: “Is there one thing I can do that will help my dying friend?”’

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By Elissa Blake
| AOL UK Verified
default Strolling along the clifftop path that winds down to Coogee beach, James O'Loghlin and I pass a steady stream of small, ordinary pleasures. A well-fed beagle is lifted from a car for a walk; a woman in pink tights stretches on a yoga matin the midday sun; an older couple share hot chips on the grass. "There's a guy skipping, that's nice," O'Loghlin says, pointing at an athletic-looking young man with a rope.
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Read the May 2026 issue of Limelight

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By Clive Paget Verified, Jane Albert Verified, Elissa Blake
| Limelight Verified
The May 2026 issue is now available for Limelight subscribers to read. Available in two formats, you can explore the magazine through our flipbook version or read each article individually through our website. Barrie Kosky explains why he’s revisiting Wagner’s epic at Covent Garden Leah Purcell turns to opera for her fourth adaptation of The Drover’s Wife.
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