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The movie’s stiff Spider Woman set pieces are a relic of the ’90s musical that put Chita Rivera in a massive web.

Per-worker productivity at his facility has soared, with individual workers producing as much as four times as many pieces per day as they could before.

“It’s all like a big puzzle where you need all the pieces to fit together to make it work, which is very difficult.”

The Met has committed itself to presenting several modern operas each season, featuring both its own commissions and pieces with track records in other theaters.

Upstairs, the exhibition highlights 19th-century innovations, including the introduction of colored porcelain in celadon, and enameled, painted and gilded pieces.