"Historically, you don't think of handheld microphones as being go-to devices on Broadway," says Spring audio engineer Francis Elers. "But as the nature and scope of the shows change, so do our needs for mics. There are four or five full-on rock songs in Spring Awakening that haven't been diluted one bit for theatre sensibilities.To meet the needs of these numbers both in look and performance, handheld mics were the only choice."
Sound designer Brian Ronan' comments, "This is a very rambunctious show. The first mics we chose weren't up to the task of taking hard knocks. We needed something that could be punished regularly, and that's one of the reasons the switch was made to Shure UHF-R."
Spring Awakening's(Jim Evans)
