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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#25Matilda Curtain
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.)
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Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#26Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:04pmRagtime didn't have a curtain, and the stereopticon was raised as the house lights lowered, and the show started with music, but nice try.
#27Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:08pmI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#29Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:55pmI REALLY like it!
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#30Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/29/13 at 11:03pmCandleshoe2 - 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#31Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 12:46amI still don't get why they just added a curtain now, like 3 months after they opened?
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#33Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 12:53amProbably 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#34Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 1:17amI 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
Chorus Member Joined: 5/10/13
#35Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 3:10amSaw 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#36Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 9:47amOut 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.
#37Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 10:27amNot 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
Chorus Member Joined: 12/14/11
#38Matilda Curtain
Posted: 6/30/13 at 10:29amEgging the audience ?????? is the london production the same ?
BL5965
Swing Joined: 10/9/11
#39Matilda Curtain
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
Chorus Member Joined: 12/14/11
#42Matilda Curtain
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
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#43Matilda Curtain
Posted: 7/9/13 at 2:54pmAfter 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.
#44Matilda Curtain
Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:00pmThe overture sounds mysterious. I like it. It's really short for an overture though...
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#45Matilda Curtain
Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:34pmMore of a prelude than an overture. I don't like it very much.
#46Matilda Curtain
Posted: 7/9/13 at 6:45pmI actually like it. It sounds a little too spooky in the beginning though.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
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