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STARLIGHT EXPRESS
Interpreted Performance:
Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:30 p.m.
Keller Auditorium
Interpreters: Jean A. Miller and Julie Gebron
For ticket information, email;
singletix@portlandopera.org.
Facts from the Color Brochure of Starlight Express
1. The production, including the set, lighting, computers and costumes, weighs approximately 50 tons. It is the biggest theatre set in history.
2. Ten 48 foot tractor trailers are required to move the show from city to city.
3. It will require some 60 people working 12-20 hours to load-in the set in each theatre and the same number of people six to eight hours to take the set out of each theatre.
4. 50,000 pounds of aluminum (25 1/2 tons) are used in the show.
7,000 sheets of plywood are used.
5. A skating ramp will extend 44 feet from the front of the stage, over the orchestra pit and into the audience.
6. The costumes cost between $10,000 and $22,000 each! Some of them weigh up to 35 pounds.
7. There are 75 pairs of skates in the show. Each actor
has at least two pairs of skates, some have four. Each pair is completely overhauled after each performance.
8. The sequins on some of the costumes are attached with
a soldering iron.
9. Starlight Express is the first show in history to include
a 3D projection system to include the race sequences.
Building the racetrack in each city for one week was not
feasible, so the producers decided on a new solution, 3D
film projection.
