Broadway Opening Nights Question
Broadway Opening Nights Question
#1Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 2:55pm
I was looking through some pictures on Foursquare, and I came across this picture that I found interesting... Do opening nights usually not have an intermission, or is this just something that Annie did? And why would they cut the intermission? Seems interesting!
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#2Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 2:56pmThat seems unusual. The opening nights I've attended have had early curtains, but have omitted the intermission.
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#2Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 3:32pmKad...did you mean have NOT omitted intermission? (I'm guessing it is.) I thought it was unusual as well -- oh so often there are technical things that must be done.
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#3Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 3:45pmThe thing that doesn't make sense is that they are definitely at intermission when that photo was taken since that red curtain comes down at the end of the first act, and isn't the one used in the beginning of the show. No idea why it says there will be no intermission...
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#4Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 4:24pm
Plus it would be logistically a nightmare to skip the intermission if that's how the show runs.
Perhaps they meant there was no break to allow for latecomers?
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#5Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 4:32pmI was at the opening of Annie and there was an intermission.
#6Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 4:36pmHa, yes dramamama, that's exactly what I meant.
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#7Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 4:55pmDefyingravity11 did you receive that insert in your program?
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#8Broadway Opening Nights Question
Posted: 4/21/13 at 5:09pmMaybe it was just a typo that nobody caught and should have read "one" intermission?
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