CURTAINS Closing Weekend Details Here

[EugLoven]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 3:37am

If you attended any of the final weekend performances of CURTAINS, please feel free to share your thoughts, experience and photos here.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 5:04am

I went to the last Saturday evening show. I didn't want to miss it while I had the chance to see it. It's a fairly decent, enjoyable show. I enjoyed Debra Monk the most. I was not thrilled about Erin Davie, who pretty much played Edie Beale.

I hated the audience. The woman sitting next to me was eating a bag of chips, and the girl in front of me was digging through her noisy bag of candy. The man sitting behind me was laughing so loud, I was paying more attention to his laughter than I was at the stage. The show wasn't even that funny.

Standing ovation when David Hyde Pierce came out. Whoop dee do.
Updated On: 6/29/08 at 05:04 AM

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 5:15am

How many people are going? *raises hand*

[Dre2387]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 6:10am

i really wish I could, but I'm out at in San Diego, working at the Old Globe.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 6:31am

I'm leaving to catch the train in a few minutes. I'm seeing the final show. I'll be sure and post back later.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 9:17am

I'll be at the final performance today.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 9:44am

Hope they have a wonderful last show! Wishing all the cast and crew the best.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 9:45am

I saw it Friday night and enjoyed it as well. Also issues with the audience, as I had some eaters and chatters in my area (front orch left, seriously?).

Something kind of shocking to me: there was major phasing between cast and orchestra whenever the "The Man Is Dead" theme was sung/played. I don't know if everyone noticed, but the conductor was very steady with his tempo and the cast just rushed away with their "Ooooo"s. It was particularly noticeable because of the timpani keeping the quarter note pulse. For people who've been recently/frequent the show- is that a common occurrence? I certainly hope it was an isolated incident!

[bschneid76]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:08am

I saw the show on Thursda, and Debra Monk stopped the show with her "It's a Business" number and also ad-libbed after the audience began to applaud the line that Bambi says after her dance:

"I thought my dance was quite good"

*Thunderous applause from audience*

Debra Monk turns to the audience "BIG DEAL!" then back to her daughter.

It was hilarious!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:17am

I'm going today and expecting an amazing, emotional show. It's going to be great. I will definitely post details when I get back.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:35am

I'll be there as well. Going to the parade first with friends, and then leaving around 2:40 to make sure I get to CURTAINS on time. So looking forward to the show this afternoon!

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:41am

I'll be there. Very excited even though I am in the last row of the mezzanine.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:53am

I'll be there today too. Ironically enough I'm sitting in the same row I sat in the first time I saw the show just a seat over. Looking forward to it!

[JKlock]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:54am

I was supposed to go this afternoon but somethingcame up. Very enjoyable show that I wish had a longer run on Broadway. Hope everyone who is going today has a blast! :)

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:54am

I was there last night and had a great time, minus the audience, who again were eating and talking all around me. The best part was probably the stagedoor. You could tell that everyone was starting to get emotional about the end, especially as they carried bags and suitcases home. I wish this talented cast the best!

[jagfkb]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:50am

I'll be in attendance. Also, we just bought a ticket for a younger family member who wanted to see the show. He's about two seats away from us, so would it be ok to ask the two people inbetween to shift down towards the aisle one seat?

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:20pm

I'm going to get ready to leave soon. I can feel the tears coming on already!

[Raspberry]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:52pm

Depends on where you are sitting. The polite thing to do would be to ask them to move further toward the center, since they would be doing you a favor by moving.

And in other news, I just got my ticket for today! Curtains was my first opening night on Broadway, and now it'll also be my first closing.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 7:43pm

No details yet?

[wexy]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 7:52pm

I was there today, First time that I saw it with a friend who was seeing it for the third time. I've been to 500 or so plays and musicals and this was the first time to see a closing.

There were long ovations after big numbers and Debra Monk,Karen Ziemba and the others had to compose themselves for a moment before going on.

The producers came on stage at curtain and they introduced the crew and Rupert Holmes.
Then the curtain came down on "Curtains."

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 8:22pm

The show today was AMAZING. So glad I got to be there.

There were two standing ovations in the middle of the show- after It's a Business and Tough Act to Follow. It was very emotional. During Show People and the intense applause after, David Hyde Pierce was actually crying. It was so sad.

The entire cast was just on. Megan's Princess Kickapoo dance was spectacular as usual. Thataway was also exceptional.

There were two cute little bloopers- Karen didn't catch the hat at the end of Thataway and during the applause kept throwing it up again. During the final In The Same Boat, one of the boys' belts in the boat came undone and it fell and he had to hold it up.

Stage door was crazy, but not terrible. Everyone came out and was very sweet. They all just seemed so grateful to be in such an amazing show.

[Raspberry]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 8:29pm

Just some more random details/description for those not there:

There was, of course, tons of applause for everyone and everything. It was clear the audience knew the show that they were seeing: for example, Patty Goble even got lengthy, show-stopping entrance applause in recognition of her single hilarious scene as Jessica, even before she did anything. Also, during "It's A Business," everyone applauded when the main body of the song began (after "it's time for you to know why I really back this show"). Megan Sikora's Princess Kickipoo (??? no idea how to spell that) character also got her own entrance applause during Kansasland.

Almost everyone in the orchestra section was on their feet after "It's a Business." Not sure about the mezz. "Tough Act To Follow" got a standing ovation from maybe a third of the orchestra.

The end of the "Show People" number was one of the most emotional moments of the afternoon, even more so than the curtain call. From the fourth row, I could see the looks that everyone onstage was exchanging with each other. It's kind of hard to explain, I guess, but you can imagine what would be running though everyone's mind as almost the entire company performed their anthem about the joys of show business and show people for the last time. Everyone in the audience sensed it too, I think.

The producers came on stage at the end and invited all of the stage crew on, as well as William Ivey Long, Rupert Holmes, John Kander, Anna Louizos, and some others I wouldn't recognize. When the producer doing the talking (some old guy... not sure who) mentioned that Scott Ellis was in LA and couldn't make it, a lady in the orchestra section held up a blackberry and yelled that she was on the phone with him right now. Rob Ashford mysteriously didn't get mentioned or appear onstage... kinda like how he didn't get the Tony Awards he deserved the past two years. Although I'm pretty sure I walked past him before the show. Could have been someone else though.

[iluvcioffiiluvtea23]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 8:30pm

Wow, those are some really great thoughts! I wish I could have been there.

[Raspberry]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 8:35pm

This was my sixth time seeing the show, but my first since before the stagehand strike, and I noticed a few changes since November.

Edward Hibbert's line "I tell you, those f***ing Catholics really know how to put on a show" was delivered without the f word, and thus received a lot less laughter than it used to.

Also, when Ernie Sabella was in the show, Debra Monk said to him something like "the reason you're such a low life is they built you so close to the ground." Today when Gerry Vichi said whatever it was about not wanting to burst Carmen's bubble, her reply was instead something like "all it takes to burst my bubble is one very small prick." A much better line, in my opinion, since it pokes fun at his height and rude behavior and also suggests the running joke about Carmen's honeymoon disappointment.

You really can't have too many doubles entendres about ED and male endowment.

Updated On: 6/29/08 at 08:35 PM

[iluvcioffiiluvtea23]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 8:39pm

Wow, that was really neat that you got to see the closing of the show! It's pretty cool that you see a show with the changes.