'Skypit' musicians rise to the occasion by Richard Dyer

Just about every night the audience in the Colonial Theatre gives the cast of "The Producers" a standing ovation. Conductor Steven Tyler takes a bow from the orchestra pit and acknowledges the 23 musicians, all but two of them hired locally.<br /> Twenty are crowded with Tyler in the Colonial's cramped pit during the show. Another three musicians -- harpist Cynthia Price-Glynn, cellist Michael Curry, and percussionis…

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