Show Curtains- Page 30

[Fantod]

I know. I was saying that I don't typically like show curtains as I find them tacky. My favorite curtain is the house curtain at the War Memorial Opera House. Most ballets and operas at the house use it. I can't recall any performances that used their own curtain.

[Mr. Nowack]

I just recently found this image of the original show curtain for THE GOLDEN APPLE which i thought was beautifully striking.

[morosco]

[Mr. Nowack]

Some classics:

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

SWEENEY TODD

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

GRAND HOTEL

[Robbie2]

 

WAR PAINT

[Robbie2]

 

SUNSET BOULEVARD

[bightstar514]

Obbessed with these :)

[Call_me_jorge]

Are there really only two shows with a pre show curtain this season? So far.

[GreasedLightning]

Amelie has one. And we have a lot of shows yet to start previews that will probably have one as well. 

[uncageg]

Miss Saigon kind of has one. It appears to pull off in differnt directions when the show starts, if I remember correctly. It is also kind of dark.

[LxGstv]

Robbie2 said: " 

SUNSET BOULEVARD

 

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This one is slightly misleading, I get that the thread's name is show curtains, but it was talking about pre-show to set the mood... this curtain only drops for intermission and it doesn't even stays down for long... when I returned from the bathroom it was gone... and the pre-show curtain doesn't have anything on it...

[Lot666]

LxGstv said: "Robbie2 said: " 

SUNSET BOULEVARD
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This one is slightly misleading, I get that the thread's name is show curtains, but it was talking about pre-show to set the mood... this curtain only drops for intermission and it doesn't even stays down for long... when I returned from the bathroom it was gone... and the pre-show curtain doesn't have anything on it..."

Similarly, the Sunday In the Park with George revival at the Hudson opens with the orchestra onstage and no curtain, but a large print of the Seurat painting on which the show is based (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte} is dropped at the end of the first act.

[elephantseye]

I know I'm late to this, but the Grand Hotel curtain is absolutely stunning.

[Robbie2]

[RippedMan]

The War Paint curtain is really pretty too! 

[jonah3500]

Mine is easily Groundhog Day's "curtain."

[Robbie2]

 

HELLO DOLLY

[Robbie2]

 

WAR PAINT

[bwayphreak234]

Bumping this! One of my favorite threads.

[Robbie2]

 

 

[Mr. Nowack]

Love that final curtain for SUNSET!



MISS SAIGON

And while another intermission curtain it might be of interest:

[Mark_E]

Been a few month since any posts here. Went through my phone this morning and found loads of pictures so here they are.

First Up - West End Musicals

42nd Street - Theatre Royal Drury Lane



Bend it Like Beckham - Phoenix Theatre

The detail in this one is gorgeous



Dreamgirls - Savoy Theatre



Next few are more "stage set ups" than "curtains"

Toxic Avenger - Arts Theatre



 

The Girls - Phoenix Theatre



 

Half a Sixpence - Noel Coward Theatre



Yank - Charing Cross Theatre

[Mark_E]

Next, Broadway!

Anastasia - Broadhurst



War Paint



American Psycho - Schoenfeld



Groundhog Day - August Wilson. Act 1/Act 2





King and I - Lincoln Centre



Waitress



On the Twentieth Century - American Airlines



Hello Dolly - Shubert





Something Rotten - St. James

(one of my fave curtains!)

[Mark_E]

Lastly, some plays and other musical productions

The Addams Family UK Tour - New Wimbledon Theatre



The Ferryman - Gielgud Theatre



Priscilla - Johannesburg, Teatro at Montecasino 



Labour of Love - Noel Coward Theatre



 

 

[bwayphreak234]

This is my favorite thread ever! Thanks for bumping and for all the pictures, Mark_E!