BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
#1BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:05pm
BroadwayWorld.com is the first to bring you highlights from the newest Kander and Ebb Broadway show, Curtains, which opens tomorrow night at the Al Hirshchfeld Theatre. With an all-star cast including David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Jason Danieley, Jill Paice, Edward Hibbert, Ernie Sabella and more, you won't want to miss this mega-sized video!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16875
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#2re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:11pm
Loves it.
Can't wait to go back.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:12pmI love it! Thanks!
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#3re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:15pmWOW.....
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#4re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:18pmthanks so much Craig!!!
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#5re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:22pmlol- Nice sudden crotch shot with Karen Ziemba. Great preview! Ahhhh! I can't believe I have to wait another two months for the cast recording!
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Lt. Cioffi
Understudy Joined: 10/12/06
#6re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:26pm
Love it more each time I see it! Can't wait till tomorrow night! Thanks Craig! 
#7re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:29pmI am so glad I have tickets for this show in April. If the clips are any indication, it should be a hit!
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#8re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:33pm
Thank You!
I have been waiting to see a clip of it since I saw it this summer.
I loved it and couldn't wait to hear the music again.
#9re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:35pmLOVED it.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#10re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:36pmOhhhhh, love it! I really hope I'll be able to see it this summer!
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
#11re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:38pm
Loved it!! But i'm sad that "I Miss the Music" isn;t in the clip. That was one of my favorite songs!
still, it was awesome!!
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#12re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:39pm
Hah! I haven't seen it, and won't until mid April, but unless this is some BWW video sleight of hand, I think this one's a natural.
Updated On: 3/21/07 at 08:39 PM
#13re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:40pmGreat video. This show is quite fantastic, David Hyde Pierce is truly a brilliant actor.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#15re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:50pmIf Kander and Ebb win themselves a Tony for score, I certainly won't be upset, even if I am rooting for Frankel and Korie. Show People and It's a Business are classic Kander and Ebb. The choreography looks like a winner and the designs for sets and costumes seem colorful and creative, not to mention the cast. The whole show looks great!
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#16re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 8:52pmLooks good! Thanks Craig!
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-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#17re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:03pmThat did nothing for me. Maybe you need to see the show to see it's brillance, but it just seemed kinda bland to me. None of the songs really stood out, and it just seemed like another musical comedy.
#18re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:10pm
I guess the point is there are no REAL musical comedies any more. There are faux musical comedies, tweaked musical comedies and movie adapted quasi pop musical comedies.
This feels, as they say in the trades, legit.
#19re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:16pmThat's the first I have seen or heard anything from the show, and it definitely has me intrigued!
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#20re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:21pm
Well, as Sondheim said, "Musical comedies are not WRITTEN, they are REWRITTEN."
Still, I think they are a ton of fun...
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#21re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:22pmI agree with Rentboy. This cooled down my excitement to see it...
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#22re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:23pmI'm with RentBoy... for some reason that clip did not excite me at all.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#23re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:31pmIt doesn't represent the show very well. Updated On: 3/21/07 at 09:31 PM
#24re: BWW Video Show Preview: Curtains - A First Look!
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:32pm
RentBoy - that's what it is. "Another" musical comedy but with a twist. It's not as dull as it seems. The book stands out and the "generalness" of it. To me, none of the songs or musical numbers were specifically memorable. What's memorable about the show are the performances and story. This doesn't mean the musical numbers were bad, they were very very good! They were just generally memorable instead of individually.
The stand-out number that I DO remember is the duet between DHP and the female interest.
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--Aristotle
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