Matilda Curtain - Page 2

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 3:47pm

It's literally called Fight Call. If you have so much as a smack in the blocking, it must be done every day you perform. It doesn't take much time at all.

I have my students do it, too. It helps with their focus and becomes part of their warm up. (Those that have to do it.)

[Fosse76]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:04pm

Ragtime didn't have a curtain, and the stereopticon was raised as the house lights lowered, and the show started with music, but nice try.

[Candleshoe2]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:08pm

I believe the 2009 Revival of RAGTIME had a curtain that rose at the top of the show to silence. It was a really powerful stage picture with the entire company onstage all surrounding Coalhouse and the piano.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:33pm

Uhh the lion king rises to silence.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:55pm

I REALLY like it!

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 6/29/13 at 11:03pm

Candleshoe2 - You are correct about "Ragtime." The show curtain photo of my avatar was taken from the front-row lotto seats for the 2009 production of that show. It was a chilling opening.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 12:46am

I still don't get why they just added a curtain now, like 3 months after they opened?

[gchris11]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 12:53am

Saw it in London in Dec and no curtain.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 12:53am

Probably because they kept hoping to get the pre-show set up done quicker and just weren't able to get it down due to the fight calls and what not. As others have said, this now allows them to finish doing the pre-show set up and still open the house on time.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 1:17am

I mean, these things do take some time to paint/program cues for. They probably decided they needed something like this towards the end of previews.

[bwaydude22089]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 3:10am

Saw it today. Worked perfectly. The letters spelling out "Matilda" are still there. The curtain/scrim fades into it. The prelude is only about a minute. I think it actually works much better this way. Makes the opening more official/clear.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 9:47am

Out of curiosity, is it the same music that they cut from the Entr'acte? I could see them using that as an obvious place to recycle music that has already been written and orchestrated.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 10:27am

Not sure what was cut from the Entr'acte, but Act Two opens with [Tony winner] Gabriel Ebert egging the audience. I believe the new opening is similar to the beginning of "Quiet" on the cast album.

[mfan123]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 10:29am

Egging the audience ?????? is the london production the same ?

[BL5965]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 11:16am

A scene where Mr Wormwood blows off his super-glued hat was cut from the Entr'acte, due to safety reasons (the hat blew up in the wings).

@mfan123: Not sure if serious or not, but I think he means 'joking with' not literally 'throwing eggs at'.

[mfan123]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 11:26am

ah ok, thanks :)

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 6/30/13 at 11:48am

So, the overture is Quiet?

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 12:36pm

Hey, guys. Here's the Overture!

http://huggiesnkisses.tumblr.com/post/55007864412/****yeahmatildabroadway-the-new-overture-to

And I really hate it! It sounds too depressing like you're about to see Sweeny Todd, Les Mis etc. I know the story is not that happy, but this makes this sound like it's depressing ALL THE WAY when it had some happy moments. I think the bell gave it more mystery.

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 2:54pm

After seeing the show, I thought this worked brilliantly! I think the curtain could have been a little nicer and could have blended more with the proscenium, but the effect of the curtain fading to black and the letters spelling MATILDA fading in to glow bright in that darkness against that Overture is very eerie. It lets you know that the story you are about to see is deeper or more than your typical happily ever after family fare.

[DEClarke]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:00pm

The overture sounds mysterious. I like it. It's really short for an overture though...

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:34pm

More of a prelude than an overture. I don't like it very much.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:45pm

I actually like it. It sounds a little too spooky in the beginning though.