If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (meaning there will be no change in scenery)
If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (meaning there will be no change in scenery)
tylerkurtz
Understudy Joined: 10/13/08
#1If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (meaning there will be no change in scenery)
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:18pm???
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (meaning there will be no change in scenery)
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:19pmIt means it has no curtain.
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#2re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:21pm
Ummm... no. Why would you think that?
Billy Elliot has no curtain (sort of) and the set changes.
#3re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:26pmLOLOLOLOLOLOL
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#4re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:27pmThe absence of a curtain doesn't mean anything...
#5re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:28pmNot necessarily, God of Carnage DOES have a curtain and there is no set change. Blithe Spirit has a curtain again no set change. Didn't the original production of Sweeney Todd not have a curtain? Sunday in the Park with George (revival) had no curtain, and it had changes.
I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"
#6re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 10:30pm
"Blithe Spirit has a curtain again no set change."
Well it doesn't have a big set change but it does have a lot of minor ones.
#7re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/21/09 at 11:53pmThe location does not change.
I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#8re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 1:53amBroadway sets tend to be automated, the curtain doesn't need to close for a set change.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#9re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 3:20am
Several shows now use a painted scrim instead of a curtain.
I love 9 to 5's "curtain."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 8:45am
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has no curtain and we know how simple, plain and minimalistic that show's set design is. 
#11re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 8:56amCapnHook, oh me too! I want to run through it lol
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#12re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 11:32amIt means the show is poor and will be closing soon.
....but the world goes 'round
#13re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 12:26pmDidn't Sweeney have a curtain of sorts -- a huge painting representing classes in London society of the period?
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#14re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 7:01pmYeah, Hal Prince's staging of SWEENEY had a painting hanging down called The Hive that divided up all of the social castes at the time. It didn't cover the whole stage, but (at least on DVD) it served as a kind of show curtain. Two men yanked it down when the first piercing whistle happens in the prelude.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 7:22pmOUR TOWN doesn't have a curtain yet the locations change several times throughout te production.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#16re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 7:35pmDoes the red curtain that closes Act I in Phantom stay throughout intermission and open Act II? I can't remember.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 8:50pmIt's ripped to shreds by mechanical animals.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#18re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 9:32pmI dont remember any of the Christines ripping a curtain to shreds...
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#19re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 9:43pmDoes it have to be clarified when a post is sarcastic?!
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#20re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 9:47pmDid it occur to YOU that I got the joke and was joking as well, refering to the nature of the role of Christine?
#21re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/22/09 at 11:09pmIN THE HEIGHTS doesn't have a curtain, but a black scrim comes down after the Act One Finale.
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#22re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/23/09 at 4:29amThat is a black CURTAIN, not a black scrim.
Tom's Cat
Leading Actor Joined: 2/21/09
#23re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/23/09 at 10:59am
"It means the show is poor and will be closing soon."
Yeah - like Billy Elliot. Like Phantom, it doesn't have any scenery changes either.
Meow!
#24re: If a show has no curtain... does that mean there will be only one set (
Posted: 5/23/09 at 3:18pmDid Is He Dead have a curtain at the beginning of the first act? I know it had to have one to change the set for the second act. but was there one at the top of the show?
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