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Posted: 7/8/17 at 12:31am

Curtains-The musical comedy opened on Broadway in 2007 and follows the story of a mysterious murder that happens onstage of the opening night of a Broadway bound musical in 1959.....The music is by John Kander and Lyrics are by Fred Ebb (writers of Chicago and Cabaret) and a book by Rupert Holmes.....the show received really mixed reviews from critics but it did get 8 tony nominations and won one for Best Actor for David Hyde Pierce (which was his first tony!!) it ran for a little over year but ultimately closed due to steady falling sales week after week......

What do you guys think of Curtains??? Do you like it?? I personally love it....is it as amazing as Chicago or Cabaret? Noooooooooooooooooooo but to me its very underrated and forgotten....also why do you think it got such mixed reviews I read some and they were harshhhhh

Do you ever see this getting revived soon?

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 12:35am

I ADORE Curtains! I think it's a true gem of a show, and I love that it's gotten a great life in regional/school productions over the past decade. Though I don't see a revival coming anytime soon, I'm holding out for one later down the road. Definitely a work that deserves to be revisited.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 1:26am

Sorry to to be on the opposite end of the spectrum-- we thought it was one of the worst nights of professional theater we can remember here at the Ahmanson on its pre-Broadway tryout. David Hyde Pierce's appalling Boston accent was the only thing that distracted us from the litany of bottom drawer songs from Kander and Ebb-- it's a script and a score that frankly should have stayed in that drawer. (Apologies to broadwayconcierge.)

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 2:58am

I have never been able to get into the cast album unfortunately. Though I love Debra Monk and David Hyde Pierce! The Pittsburgh CLO did it a few years back and I wanted to check it out but no one I knew was interested.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 3:12am

The only thing that I remember from it was me thinking "Raul Esparza's got that Tony in the bag" the entire time I was watching it.

Seriously though, how the hell did DHP win a Tony for that show and that appalling accent, while Raul was giving the definitive performance of one of the greatest male roles ever written for musical theatre?

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 4:43am

Ugh. One of my least favorite shows. I was bored silly.

The only good thing about it is the number of roles it offers which is a plus for high schools to put up. It just felt so hey-gang!-lets-put- on a-show!

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 2:16pm

This was DHP's SECOND Tony. His first was for the original HEIDI CHRONICLES.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 2:39pm

Dollypop said: "This was DHP's SECOND Tony. His first was for the original HEIDI CHRONICLES.

DHP was not in the original company of The Heidi Chronicles. Boyd Gaines won the Tony for Best Featured Actor for his role as Peter. DHP replaced him.

Updated On: 7/8/17 at 02:39 PM

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 3:54pm

Oops . Right award. Wrong actor!

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 3:59pm

Who was this conceived by? I prefer my Kander and Ebb dark - The Visit, Chicago, Cabaret - so this never appealed to me. But I do like "I Miss The Music."

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 5:12pm

BwayDreamer00 said: "Curtains-The musical comedy opened on Broadway in 2007 and follows the story of a mysterious murder that happens onstage of the opening night of a Broadway bound musical in 1959.....The music is by John Kander and Lyrics are by Fred Ebb (writers of Chicago and Cabaret) and a book by Rupert Holmes.....the show received really mixed reviews from critics but it did get 8 tony nominations and won one for Best Actor for David Hyde Pierce (which was his first tony!!) it ran for a little over year but ultimately closed due to steady falling sales week after week......

What do you guys think of Curtains??? Do you like it?? I personally love it....is it as amazing as Chicago or Cabaret? Noooooooooooooooooooo but to me its very underrated and forgotten....also why do you think it got such mixed reviews I read some and they were harshhhhh

Do you ever see this getting revived soon?

"

No and no reason for it! Just an average show nothing special about it!

Debra Monk was the best thing in the show and her It's a Business:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC_VuAqaNKA

Show People from the TONYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1hzFmib9M

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

Updated On: 7/8/17 at 05:12 PM

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 5:26pm

yeah i mostly agree with the others here. i've never seen it live but the recording is among my least favorite Kander & Ebb recordings (and i love most of their work). idk it's kind of like Steel Pier in that there's a lot of material that's kind of just bleh (though not as must as SP imo). I do enjoy the counterpoint version of In the Same Boat! I Miss the Music is also pretty good. overall a pretty mediocre score

"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 5:29pm

I found it a heap of harmless fun with a few really funny gags and a lot of passable material.

Not their greatest work, but the hanging sequence at the end of Act 1 was genuinely hilarious.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 5:49pm

GeorgeandDot said: "Seriously though, how the hell did DHP win a Tony for that show and that appalling accent, while Raul was giving the definitive performance of one of the greatest male roles ever written for musical theatre?

Because not everyone believes Esparza's performance was "definitive."

The show itself was far from brilliant, but it was certainly a fun night in the theater, and had one heck of an original cast. Besides the aforementioned Pierce, Debra Monk, Jason Danieley, Karen Ziemba, Edward Hibbert, Jill Paice, Megan Sikora, and Ernie Sabella were all in the original cast.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:02pm

A truly miserable evening.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:08pm

adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "Seriously though, how the hell did DHP win a Tony for that show and that appalling accent, while Raul was giving the definitive performance of one of the greatest male roles ever written for musical theatre?

Because not everyone believes Esparza's performance was "definitive."

Yeah, well many people do. DHP wasn't anything special in Curtains, while Esparza was brilliant in Company.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:22pm

GeorgeandDot said: "adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "Seriously though, how the hell did DHP win a Tony for that show and that appalling accent, while Raul was giving the definitive performance of one of the greatest male roles ever written for musical theatre?

Because not everyone believes Esparza's performance was "definitive."

Yeah, well many people do. DHP wasn't anything special in Curtains, while Esparza was brilliant in Company.

You've seen Dean Jones and Larry Kert?

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:30pm

^Did you?

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:34pm

Adamgreer isn't the one declaring a certain performer as giving a definitive performance.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:42pm

GeorgeandDot said: "^Did you?

No, did I ever claim to? That is exactly, by the way, why I won't declare that performance definitive.

To use another example, having seen both Peters and LuPone in Gypsy, I found Lupone to be far superior. But, since I never saw Tyne Daly, Angie, or Ethel, I would never declare LuPone "definitive."

Or O'Hara in King and I. Great performance, but seeing as how the only other Anna's I saw were Donna Murphy (when I was something like 13) and Jill Van Velzer on tour, I won't call her definitive.

Updated On: 7/8/17 at 06:42 PM

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:43pm

I still stand by my statement.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 6:56pm

GeorgeandDot said: "I still stand by my statement.

Ok, kiddo!

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 8:27pm

Honestly, this show has a special place in my heart. I knew nothing about it, but knew I couldn't miss the original Broadway production of a new Kander and Ebb show. I thought that it was a transport back to a simpler time in the musical theatre. There was something about the image of the four leads holding the newspapers in front of their faces that I will never forget. I love it. The cast album is a great reminder of the show, and like they said in the set up for the Tony Award performance: it's a Valentine to Broadway.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 8:31pm

fashionguru_23 said: "Honestly, this show has a special place in my heart. I knew nothing about it, but knew I couldn't miss the original Broadway production of a new Kander and Ebb show. I thought that it was a transport back to a simpler time in the musical theatre. There was something about the image of the four leads holding the newspapers in front of their faces that I will never forget. I love it. The cast album is a great reminder of the show, and like they said in the set up for the Tony Award performance: it's a Valentine to Broadway."

Couldn't have said it better myself. I adore Curtains...it's a true gem.

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Posted: 7/8/17 at 8:32pm

Well put, fashionguru!

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