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jonartdesigns
#25re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:22am

i second the little shop curtain and the millie one.


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RentBoy86
#26re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:39pm

I saw the Producers recently and it had a plain black curtain. Is that how it is in NYC? I really do like show curtains, i think it def. sets the mood for the musical/play. Anyone else with pictures feel free to post, i love looking at them!

BwayTheatre11
#27re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:40pm

The tour just uses the house curtain, I believe. In Cleveland, it was orangish...and they just threw a gobo wash on it.


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#28re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:43pm

i LOVE the "RENT" curtain. It is INCREDIBLE! re: Show Curtains


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BwayTheatre11
#29re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:45pm

Could someone please describe the Millie show curtain to me? On tour, it was just a red house curtain.


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#30re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:48pm

its a white screen/ curtain with the dictionary definition of the word modern written on, it was then lit around the edges with a rotating color gobo


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#31re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:51pm

Front row at Hairspray - that curtain gave me such a headache.


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#32re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 3:56pm

Jwei123,
There was a RENT show curtain? When I saw the show on tour, the entire set and everything was sitting on the stage before the show.

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#33re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 4:06pm

hehe logan, I was making a joke, because everyone was listing their favorites, and talking about how elaborate, etc, and rent (on tour and on broadway) doesn't have one. my humor sucks


cool icon tho! :)


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jonartdesigns
#34re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 4:12pm

oh, lol i thought you just meant the large ammount of smoke on the stage before the actors come out


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BwayTheatre11
#35re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 4:59pm

Does someone have a picture of the Millie show curtain? The tour doesn't use one.


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FosseBoi
#36re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 5:16pm

Could yall please describe the curtins! I would LOVE to hear what they look like! I've seen some of the ones listed though.

My fav.s are: Gypsy(rev.), Wicked, Millie, and Hairspray(not one of my fav.s but I like it).


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PJ
#37re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 5:38pm

I don't really remember Gypsy's all that wel. However, I do remember loving the pink-ish stripes on the proscenium.

I also like Wicked's.

noahrp3
#38re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:19pm

Yeah. Could someone please send me pics or links on where to get pics, because I've never been to New York and would love to see what you guys are talking about.

chasgoose
#39re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:22pm

The Pillowman curtain was fairly basic (The name of the show bordered by a uneven zigzag box) but very in keeping with the feeling of the show (it seemed like a logo a warped child would draw). The lighting used on it at the begininning and endings of acts along with the incidental music set the tone for the evening.

FosseBoi
#40re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:27pm

Yes, could someone PLEASE post a link to a site that has pic. of the curtins!? Or could someone PLEASE PM the stuff!?


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#41re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:29pm

some of the best ones are still the shows that don't use curtains...

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RentBoy86
#42re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:31pm

I know the first one is Rent, but what's the second one? Cats?

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#43re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:42pm

yeah. kinda small. I couldn't find a bigger one...

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#44re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:45pm

ahhh RENT!


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#45re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 8:44pm

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#46re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 9:24pm

I'm just wondering, when did Broadway shows start abandoning the traditional curtain and start making their own individualized curtains? What was the first show that did this?


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#47re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 9:29pm

yeah, I like Wicked's curtain too, especially with the Time Dragon. And anything with an overwhelming amount of hot pink is awesome!

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#48re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 9:29pm

Not every show always used a curtain...


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#49re: Show Curtains
Posted: 3/27/05 at 9:36pm

Les Miz's curtain was great.

Aida, LSOH, and Wicked.


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