I saw the national tour of War Horse in Nashville last night. Great production!
I noticed that during intermission the stagehands set up the "barricades" in the orchestra pit. Do they wait until intermission at every performance or was it just because last night was the first performance, and is there a technical reason for waiting until intermission (except that action doesn't take place there until Act Two)? Thanks!
I'm curious is it normal for them to have people seated in the front row get up during intermission while they make the change in every city? I saw it in Toronto the rush seats were in the front row and at intermission they made everyone get up so they could make the change.