Photo Coverage: Curtains Arrivals and Curtain Call

Curtains, a new, original musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by the legendary songwriting team of Kander & Ebb, opened Thursday, March 22 on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, west of Eighth Avenue).

Curtains stars David Hyde Pierce as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi and Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein. The production also stars Karen Ziemba, Jason Danieley, Jill Paice, Edward Hibbert, John Bolton, Michael X. Martin, Michael McCormick, Noah Racey, Ernie Sabella and Megan Sikora.

The show 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), original book and concept by Tony Award®-winner Peter Stone (1776, Titanic, The Will Rogers Follies), and additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes. Curtains is directed by four-time Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Choreography is by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford.

According to production notes, the musical "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. "

Visit www.CurtainsTheMusical.com for more information and tickets.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

John Kander

John Kander and Rupert Holmes

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Nathan Lane

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Donna Murphy

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Charles Strouse

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John Pizarelli

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Tyne Daly

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Ernie Sabella and Michael X. Martin

Michael McCormick

Edward Hibbert

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Noah Racey

Jason Danieley

Karen Ziemba

Debra Monk

Karen Ziemba, Debra Monk and Jill Paice

Karen Ziemba, Debra Monk, Jill Paice and company

David Hyde Pierce

Patty Goble and Debra Monk

Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce and Patty Goble

Company members, including Jason Danieley, Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble and Debra Monk

Company members, including Jason Danieley, Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble, Debra Monk and Edward Hibbert

Cast members, including Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble and Deborah Monk

Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble and Debra Monk

Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble and Debra Monk

Cast members, including Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble, Debra Monk and Edward Hibbert

Cast members, including Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Patty Goble and Debra Monk

Scott Ellis, John Kander and Rupert Holmes

Scott Ellis, John Kander, Rupert Holmes and Rob Ashford

Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Scott Ellis, John Kander, Rupert Holmes, Debra Monk and Rob Ashford

Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce, Scott Ellis, John Kander, Rupert Holmes, Debra Monk and Rob Ashford

Jill Paice, David Hyde Pierce and Scott Ellis

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis.

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