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“Curtains” Coming to Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars is mounting a co-production tour of “Curtains,” the hit Broadway musical for the 2009-2010 season.
Billed as an old-fashioned musical comedy whodunit, the show was nominated for 8 Tony Awards during its Broadway run, which began March 22, 2007 and will close next month. (David Hyde Pierce — widely known from the “Frasier” TV show — won Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of the charming detective at the center of the murder mystery. He’s committed to the show until it closes on Broadway.)
“Curtains” unfolds backstage at Boston’s Colonial Theatre in 1959 in a pre-Broadway engagement. The new musical could be a smash were it not for its talent-free leading lady. When the star dies on opening night during her curtain call, a police detective is called in. But the lure of the theater proves irresistable and he’s soon drawn toward making the show a hit.
Theater of the Stars is a resident company of the Fox Theatre, so look for “Curtains” in the historic theater’s 2009-2010 lineup.
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