STAGE TUBE: Signature Theatre's AND THE CURTAIN RISES Review Panel!

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AND THE CURTAIN RISES marks the third production presented as part of Signature's groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year.

Inspired by true events, And the Curtain Rises tells the outrageous and funny story of how the first American musical was born. Set in 1866, this musical comedy follows novice producer William Wheatley as he finds his production in shambles: a dreadful script, an uncompromising author, a cast on the verge of revolt, and scenery and costumes destroyed - further complicated, when a French ballet troupe is forced to seek refuge in their theatre after a fire erupts next door. Rather than throw in the towel and count his losses, Wheatley decides to take control and turn lemons into lemonade.

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