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Elfuhbuh
#725Show Curtains
Posted: 3/16/15 at 5:22pm

I've always liked the Wicked curtain. There's something iconic about the map of Oz with the Emerald City glimmering in the middle.


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Fantod
#726Show Curtains
Posted: 3/16/15 at 5:23pm

I know. I was saying that I don't typically like show curtains as I find them tacky. My favorite curtain is the house curtain at the War Memorial Opera House. Most ballets and operas at the house use it. I can't recall any performances that used their own curtain.

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Mr. Nowack
#727Show Curtains
Posted: 3/16/15 at 5:28pm

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I just recently found this image of the original show curtain for THE GOLDEN APPLE which i thought was beautifully striking.


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morosco
#728Show Curtains
Posted: 6/4/15 at 11:57pm

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Mr. Nowack
#729Show Curtains
Posted: 6/5/15 at 12:51am

Some classics:


A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC


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SWEENEY TODD


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ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY


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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG


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GRAND HOTEL


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Robbie2
#730Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 1:11am

 

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Robbie2
#731Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 1:23am

 

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"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

bightstar514
#732Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 1:30am

Obbessed with these :)

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Call_me_jorge
#733Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 1:41am

Are there really only two shows with a pre show curtain this season? So far.


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GreasedLightning
#734Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 1:49am

Amelie has one. And we have a lot of shows yet to start previews that will probably have one as well. 

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uncageg
#735Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 10:58am

Miss Saigon kind of has one. It appears to pull off in differnt directions when the show starts, if I remember correctly. It is also kind of dark.


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LxGstv
#736Show Curtains
Posted: 3/12/17 at 12:38pm

Robbie2 said: " 

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This one is slightly misleading, I get that the thread's name is show curtains, but it was talking about pre-show to set the mood... this curtain only drops for intermission and it doesn't even stays down for long... when I returned from the bathroom it was gone... and the pre-show curtain doesn't have anything on it...

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Lot666
#737Show Curtains
Posted: 3/13/17 at 2:48pm

LxGstv said: "Robbie2 said: " 

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This one is slightly misleading, I get that the thread's name is show curtains, but it was talking about pre-show to set the mood... this curtain only drops for intermission and it doesn't even stays down for long... when I returned from the bathroom it was gone... and the pre-show curtain doesn't have anything on it...
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Similarly, the Sunday In the Park with George revival at the Hudson opens with the orchestra onstage and no curtain, but a large print of the Seurat painting on which the show is based (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte} is dropped at the end of the first act.


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elephantseye
#738Show Curtains
Posted: 3/13/17 at 3:06pm

I know I'm late to this, but the Grand Hotel curtain is absolutely stunning.

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Robbie2
#739Show Curtains
Posted: 3/15/17 at 11:32pm

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"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 7/15/17 at 11:32 PM

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RippedMan
#740Show Curtains
Posted: 3/16/17 at 1:26am

The War Paint curtain is really pretty too! 

jonah3500
#741Show Curtains
Posted: 3/18/17 at 5:21pm

Mine is easily Groundhog Day's "curtain."

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Robbie2
#742Show Curtains
Posted: 3/18/17 at 8:22pm

 

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"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

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Robbie2
#743Show Curtains
Posted: 3/18/17 at 9:53pm

 

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"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

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#744Show Curtains
Posted: 7/13/17 at 8:36am

Bumping this! One of my favorite threads.


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#745Show Curtains
Posted: 7/15/17 at 10:30pm

 

 

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"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 7/15/17 at 10:30 PM

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Mr. Nowack
#746Show Curtains
Posted: 7/16/17 at 8:15pm

Love that final curtain for SUNSET!

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MISS SAIGON

And while another intermission curtain it might be of interest:

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Mark_E
#747Show Curtains
Posted: 10/18/17 at 6:34am

Been a few month since any posts here. Went through my phone this morning and found loads of pictures so here they are.

First Up - West End Musicals

42nd Street - Theatre Royal Drury Lane

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Bend it Like Beckham - Phoenix Theatre

The detail in this one is gorgeous

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Dreamgirls - Savoy Theatre

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Next few are more "stage set ups" than "curtains"

Toxic Avenger - Arts Theatre

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The Girls - Phoenix Theatre

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Half a Sixpence - Noel Coward Theatre

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Yank - Charing Cross Theatre

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Updated On: 10/18/17 at 06:34 AM

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Mark_E
#748Show Curtains
Posted: 10/18/17 at 6:45am

Next, Broadway!

Anastasia - Broadhurst

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War Paint

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American Psycho - Schoenfeld

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Groundhog Day - August Wilson. Act 1/Act 2

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King and I - Lincoln Centre

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Waitress

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On the Twentieth Century - American Airlines

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Hello Dolly - Shubert

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Something Rotten - St. James

(one of my fave curtains!)

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Mark_E
#749Show Curtains
Posted: 10/18/17 at 6:51am

Lastly, some plays and other musical productions

The Addams Family UK Tour - New Wimbledon Theatre

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The Ferryman - Gielgud Theatre

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Priscilla - Johannesburg, Teatro at Montecasino 

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Labour of Love - Noel Coward Theatre

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