fat violinist Orchestra Fat adventure this week: During the show yesterday I kept hearing a weird sound in the orchestra pit. I've been in this theater before and I know the acoustics are pretty strange here, a little "hollow",  and sounds bounce around oddly in the pit. But I just couldn't put my finger on what this was--sort of a wet and raspy dragging sound. We had a matinee and then at the intermission of last night's show two of the stage performers approached me in the Green Room and asked if I can hear the weird sound they're hearing on stage. Apparently they can hear it between songs pretty loudly while I'm mostly hearing it DURING the music, so I'm thinking WTF? Is someone in the audience making an unusually weird snoring sound? During the second act I finally figure out it's the (VERY FAT) second violinist breathing. BREATHING. "Wet and raspy dragging sound". I talk to the first violinist after the show and she said, "Yeah, I wondered if you could hear her." I said, "Are you kidding? They can hear her on stage!" Took me about 3 hours to fall asleep last night because I can't figure out if I should call the local contractor and ask him to replace her, meaning someone new would have to basically sight-read the show (not a good scenario), or talk to her about breathing more quietly, or what. And would her disgustingly loud breathing be considered a (protected) disability? Asthma? COPD?  I dread going in tonight. Fuck! So much hate.