The popular group will perform at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Friday at Nationwide Arena.
TSO by the numbers
To help get everything where it needs to be — and make sure the effects go off without a hitch — a huge crew is required: Two touring groups run simultaneously, employing 120 crew members each. During the day of a show, riggers mark out the arena at 5 a.m. The crew loads in an hour later to build the stage on one side of the arena; lights, fixtures and other components meant to go above the stage are built on the opposite side. “Then we have about 50 stagehands roll the stage, which is already populated with all the equipment and everything on it, underneath the lights,” he said.
Because the orchestra’s Christmas programs have grown larger in scale, it has outgrown some venues featured in earlier tours. Consequently, Saltzman said, some fans travel to a city near them to see the show, and others follow the orchestra on the road. “It’s like the Grateful Dead scenario. … ‘Yeah, I’m seeing them in Columbus and Cleveland — where are you going?’” he said. “It’s pretty exciting.
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