CURTAINS, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from John Kander and Fred Ebb, the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, will play its final performance on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Sunday, June 29th at 3:00 PM following 511 performances and 26 previews.
Speaking on behalf of producers Roger Horchow,
Daryl Roth,
Jane Bergère,
Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group, producer
Roger Berlind said, "CURTAINS has been delighting audiences at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre over the past year, and we have had just as much fun behind the curtains. All good things must come to an end, but we're happy that Theatrical Rights Worldwide will handle stock and amateur rights for CURTAINS, so that this great show will reach new audiences with productions planned all over the world. Meanwhile, those who haven't seen CURTAINS on Broadway have over three months to catch our supremely talented cast, who will see to it that CURTAINS goes out with a bang."
Composer
John Kander said, "Fred just loved this show, and would be so thrilled with this remarkable cast, led by our great stars David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk and with Scott Ellis's beautiful production. In one of our songs for CURTAINS, Fred wrote 'the show must go on.' I am so grateful to everyone that made it happen."
CURTAINS opened on Broadway on March 22, 2007 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The production had its world premiere on August 9, 2006 at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
CURTAINS is an original musical comedy with a book by
Rupert Holmes (multiple Tony Award-winner for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Say Goodnight Gracie), music by
John Kander, lyrics by
Fred Ebb (the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Cabaret,
Chicago, New York New York), original book and concept by Tony Award-winner Peter Stone (1776, Titanic, The Will Rogers Follies), and additional lyrics by
John Kander &
Rupert Holmes. CURTAINS is directed by five-time Tony Award-nominee
Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, 12 Angry Men, Steel Pier). Choreography is by Tony Award-winner
Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie).
CURTAINS stars 2007 Tony Award winner and four-time Emmy Award winner
David Hyde Pierce as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi and Tony and Emmy Award winner
Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein. The production also stars Tony Award winner
Karen Ziemba as lyricist Georgia Hendricks,
Jason Danieley as composer Aaron Fox,
Erin Davie as ingénue Niki Harris and
Edward Hibbert as director Christopher Belling, with
John Bolton as theatre critic Daryl Grady,
Michael X. Martin as stage manager Johnny Harmon,
Michael McCormick as investor Oscar Shapiro,
Noah Racey as choreographer Bobby Pepper,
Megan Sikora as understudy Bambi Bernét and
Gerry Vichi as producer Sidney Bernstein.
CURTAINS unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi (
David Hyde Pierce) arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder.
The 31-member cast also features
Nili Bassman (Arlene Barucca),
Bridget Berger (Roberta Wooster),
Kevin Bernard (Roy Stetson/Detective O'Farrell),
Ward Billeisen (Brick Hawvermale), ,
Jennifer Dunne (Jan Setler),
David Eggers (Swing), J.
Austin Eyer (Swing),
Jennifer Frankel (Marjorie Cook),
Patty Goble (Jessica Cranshaw/Connie Subbotin), Lorin Lattaro (Swing),
Shannon Lewis (Mona Page),
David Loud (Sasha Iljinsky),
Brittany Marcin (Peg Prentice),
Jim Newman (Randy Dexter),
Aaron Ramey (Harv Fremont), Joe Aaron Reid (Ronnie Driscoll),
Christopher Spaulding (Russ Cochran),
Jerome Vivona (Swing) and Stephanie Youell (Swing).
Through Sunday, June 29th, the performance schedule for CURTAINS is Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are on sale at Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45th Street).
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