Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Curtains will Tour in 2009!
#1Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 4:34pm
Yay!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117985.html
Curtains unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959 during a pre-Broadway engagement of a musical. When the leading lady is murdered, a stage-struck police detective enters to solve the crime (and doctor the show).
Curtains opened on Broadway on March 22, 2007, and will close on June 29, 2008, having played over 500 previews and performances. The show was nominated for eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score).
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I will be excited to see this at Boston's Colonial! That will be something ELSE!
J*
Updated On: 5/21/08 at 04:34 PM
#2re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 4:42pmI always thought it'd be a good touring show and I'm glad it's Equity. Can't wait to hear about casting.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#2re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:03pmI'm not sure how well this show will do without David Hyde Pierce...there isn't much of a hook in any of the Broadway advertising other than his face and name. Not to mention it's a pretty weak score and an incredibly weak book.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:05pmIn your opinion.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#4re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:06pmSo no stops are announced yet? I mean, I would love it to come to the Colonial, but it's pretty booked up for the upcoming season.
meredithchandler73
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/06
#5re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:11pmI know some people think the show wouldn't be successful without David Hyde Pierce. David is *amazing* in the role, but I think there could be others that would be just as wonderful. I thought someone mentioned (as a fantasy Broadway replacement) Neil Patrick Harris. Frankly, I think he'd be adorable!
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 6:46pmI would love to see this tour open up at the Colonial Theatre in Boston.
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#7re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 6:48pm
This is the best news I've heard all day 
::bust a move::
#8re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 8:05pmThis is exciting. Thanks for keeping us informed, Jay:)
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#9re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 8:47pmWonderful news!
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
#10re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 9:27pmNeil Patrick Harris would be perfect for this role! I hope it comes to Chicago at least.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#11re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 10:02pmI agree with Scarywarhol. There's not much about the show that will appeal to tour audiences without DHP. Hell, even with him it only ran 15 months.
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
#12re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/21/08 at 10:15pm
Thank you for the good news, j*
I'm excited!!!
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#13re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:11am
Great news! Thanks for the update J*.
I think Curtains will do very well on tour even without DHP. The show is very entertaining and is good, solid entertainment. Sure DHP is charming and grand as Cioffi, and most likely his name will always come up when people talk about Curtains in the future, but somewhere there's another actor who will be wonderful as Cioffi, he's just waiting for the opportunity.
That said, you'd be hard pressed to find a current cast on Broadway that stacks up to the people currently performing in Curtains much less putting together a touring company with equal creditials. I don't see that happening anytime soon. That doesn't mean the show won't do well.
If the tour comes my way - I'll see it, DHP or no.
#14re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:14amI hope Erin Davie tours with the show, and that Megan Sikora does as well.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#15re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:33amI wonder if they'll try to get Frenchie Davis to tour as Carmen Bernstein.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#16re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:42amI <3 WannaBe.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#17re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 3:57pm
"In your opinion."
Why, yes. Yes, that would be my opinion...
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#18re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:14pmYeah, it's polite to present things in terms of "I feel it's a weak score" versus "It is a weak score" when cavalierly and anonymously dismissing the work of Broadway professionals.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#19re: Curtains will Tour in 2009!
Posted: 5/22/08 at 4:17pm
I'm sorry if I've offended you or anyone else, I just feel like it's not really neccessary to use qualifiers every time I express an opinion on a message board where we all are just discussing our opinions. It's just grown to be one of my pet peeves, where I always see when someone disagrees, the "It's just your opinion!" Comment. Well, yeah, but that's cool, you have your opinion too, you know?
Anyway, sorry to derail this subject.
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