Curtains (musical)

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Curtains is a comedic murder-mystery musical set in 1950s Boston, featuring music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb and a book by Rupert Holmes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical
stage work
additionalMaterialBy Rupert Holmes
awardWon Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (David Hyde Pierce)
basedOn an original concept by Peter Stone
bookBy Rupert Holmes
broadwayOpeningDate 2007-03-22
broadwayTheatre Al Hirschfeld Theatre
choreographyBy Rob Ashford
costumeDesignBy William Ivey Long
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developmentHistory completed by Rupert Holmes after the death of Fred Ebb and Peter Stone
directedBy Scott Ellis
featuresCharacter Aaron Fox
Bambi Bernét
Carmen Bernstein
Christopher Belling
Georgia Hendricks
Lt. Frank Cioffi
Niki Harris
Sidney Bernstein
genre comedy
murder mystery
hasSong A Tough Act to Follow
He Did It
I Miss the Music
In the Same Boat
It’s a Business
Show People
language English
lightingDesignBy Peter Kaczorowski
lyricsBy Fred Ebb
musicBy John Kander
musicStyle traditional Broadway
narrativeFocus backstage musical within a musical
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
orchestrationsBy William David Brohn
originalBroadwayStar David Hyde Pierce
Debra Monk
Edward Hibbert
Jason Danieley
Jill Paice
Karen Ziemba
plotElement murder during a pre-Broadway tryout
premiereCity Los Angeles
premiereDate 2006-08-09
premiereLocation Ahmanson Theatre
producedBy Center Theatre Group
Daryl Roth
Roger Berlind
Roger Horchow
Stacey Mindich
setDesignBy Anna Louizos
setInPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
setInTime 1950s
settingContext Boston tryout of a Broadway-bound musical
soundDesignBy Brian Ronan

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Rupert Holmes notableWork Curtains (musical)
Rupert Holmes wroteMusical Curtains (musical)
Rupert Holmes coWroteMusical Curtains (musical)