Last night's Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall went off without a hitch — or any live music. Despite the musicians' claims to be ready and willing, Radio City officials weren't interested in dealing with their complaining, sending the Rockettes on stage without a live music accompanyment.

So how'd the show fare with specatators, who were supposedly not interested in "[paying] up to $250 to hear a tape recorder"?

No calamity appeared to befall the theatergoers. "It was really good," said Wendy Coulson, of State College, Pa., who had come to see the show with her daughters, Madeline, 14, and Rebecca, 12. "I didn't notice a difference at all."

Huh, and we thought it was spelled T-H-E- M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N-S A-R-E F-U-C-K-E-D.

Music Isn't Live, but Rockettes Keep Kicking [NYT]
Earlier: The hills are alive with the sound of (recorded) music