Musical theater composers use favorite orchestrators to transform their tunes into lush scores. Orchestrators for revivals bear the burden of reducing original scores for full Broadway orchestra down to the current lean times of “How few musicians can we get away with?” The difficulty of reorchestrating a show scored for 25-30 musicians to an economic 8-14 is reduced by using synthesizers, microphones, and a mixing board. “You may as well just give them a CD and go home,” remarks Broadway music director Paul Gemignani. Space, not just cost, also forces producers to trim musicians to fit into orchestra pits that have been downsized in order to make room for additional seats.