For those interested, this is the view from the pit orchestra of our school's production of Les Miserables. You can't really hear me back on percussion, except for the gong part.
We have a very anal director who needs everything perfect. It gets very hot and humid down there (I was the smart guy who chose to wear a suit for the second year in a row) and it's very hard to keep the strings in tune.
I'm glad I get to tune my one of my instruments with my feet.