Just about every pit gig and live-performance for a multimedia theatrical production can be tough. Negotiating myriad cues, charts, conductors, actors, and other elements can stress out even the most skilled professional. But is your gig, 23-feet-in-the-air-atop-a-tree tough? That is where Eric Boudreault was perched during shows for Cavalia Odysseo—an epic live-tech-theater experience that features 70 horses and 50 artists. Boudreault spent seven years playing drums for Odysseo for more than 2,500 shows across the United States, Canada, and Mexico with combined ticket sales of 5 million. “It was a very special experience being so high above the action, because I was able to follow a big part of the show without watching my TV monitor,” says Boudreault. “I had a great view of the stage, the artists, the horses, and the public. But I was also positioned stage left, and some action was in a dead spot visually, so […]