re: What do the Tier _ tour productions mean?
The rumor around NY is that they had to scale back the tour to even send it out Equity....which is why it is Tier B. From what the blog says, the swings were having trouble having even a basic costume as well as the understudies. That is also an aspect of the Tier ( which CHITTY CHITTY and FIDDLER are as well) as opposed to full production contract I think. They only have to supply a basic costume to understudies and swings, and anything beyond that is not actually included in the initial cos...
