Instead of opening the show with the famous dance prelude at the fairground, Hytner brought the curtain up on the claustrophobic, shadowy New England textile mill where Julie Jordan and her friend Carrie Pipperidge work.
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When the music began and the curtain went up, I covered my face and peered through my fingers.
And so the curtain goes up on a race that may just be beginning, or may already be in its last act.
Mr. Gelb told me that he had a limited amount of time to talk since he had to be at the evening's performance before the curtain went up.
The Scot squeaked into the second spell of qualifying and will line up in 15th place as he draws the curtain down on a career that has spanned 15 seasons.
And then you figure out who has been pushing most against and funding the ads against health care, and you realize behind curtain number one are the same people that just jacked up rates.
Waiting to pick up well-healed customers and Broadway stars after the curtain comes down, chauffeurs offer a street-level view of the theater business.
Mountain View just pulled back the curtain on the next major release of Maps for desktops while offering up an advance look at the Android and iOS versions.
The fixture will be a curtain-raiser to New Zealand's own Four Nations warm-up Test against Samoa.
But for now, Roberts seems happy just being part of this Broadway ensemble - reportedly applying her own stage make-up, eating tuna sandwiches from the local deli and taking curtain calls side-by-side with her co-stars.
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