Colored lights play on the wall at the rear of the stage behind the chorus, reflecting the mood of the music.

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The musicians can disappear into the pit at the front of the audience, then rise majestically from the rear of the vast stage, one of the world's most technologically sophisticated performance spaces.

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An Atkins food display that once occupied center stage has been relegated to the rear.

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On the opening day, McRae badly damaged his left rear wheel when his Ford Focus found a ditch on the sixth special stage.

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