Hello 'Pond (especially devs): My newest musical, "The Quest", opened its workshop production run last night in Victoria, Canada.
All scores generated on Lilypond, of course! Can't imagine doing what I have to do in any other engraving software: 1. thanks to stylesheets, my scores look better than anything sent out by the commercial MT publishing/licensing companies, right from the very first compilation; 2. with the help of the edition-engraver, my tweak time is minimal, high-impact, easy to maintain/update, and persistent through multiple versions; 3. the many, many engraving elements/conventions specific to musicals (text/dialogue integration into score, safety measures, vamps, etc.) are so easy to work with; 4. when a change comes (as they do fast and furious during the workshop process!), I make a change in the source and then simultaneously generate four different scores (vocal/choral, piano/conductor, full, and tech), all looking like a million bucks. A huge thanks to everyone who makes Lilypond so great — I'll be sure to mention y'all in my Tony acceptance speech. ;) Best, Kieren.
