closing act
Show's last segment
The closing act is the final performer or performance in a show, concert, or event—the one that ends the night.
Unlike an opening act, which warms up the audience, the closing act is typically the headliner or main attraction: The legendary band was the closing act at the festival.
In theater, the closing act may simply mean the final act of a play.
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- final bowPerformer's closing acknowledgment
- take a bowAccept audience recognition
last song · bow · applause · headliner · showstopper · exit · stage · spotlight · ovation · farewell · send-off · climax · swan song · last hurrah · performance · last · ending · wrap-up
- headlinersheadliner, main attraction, top billing, featured artist, lead performer
- swan songsswan song, final performance, last performance, farewell concert, farewell tour
- ACT typesscene, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, curtain call
- finalesfinale, grand finale, final curtain, curtain call, final bow
- concert billingheadliner, opener, co-headliner, top billing, undercard
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, music hall, headliner, music halls
closing actopening act
Preliminary concert performer
opener · first act · opening number · curtain raiser · warm-up act
closing actopener
What begins something
opening number · introduction · kickoff · prelude · preamble
close, act, closed, closer, closest, closely, closeness, closing, closure