curtain drop
Performance's final moment
A curtain drop is the moment when a theater curtain descends at the end of a scene or performance.
The term extends to any dramatic conclusion or sudden ending: The scandal was the curtain drop on his political career.
In staging, it can also refer to a painted backdrop that lowers into place.
- grand finaleSpectacular concluding event
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- final bowPerformer's closing acknowledgment
- standing ovationApplause while risen
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
bow · encore · stage · theater · ending · closing · closing night · descent · fabric · velvet · drape · fall · lowering · blackout · stage lights · house lights · intermission · ovation
curtain dropoverture
Introductory orchestral piece
opening act · premiere · first act · curtain raiser · curtain call
curtain dropopening
Gap or start
commencement · beginning · kickoff · launch · inauguration
curtain dropunveiling
Act of first revealing
reveal · opening · disclosure · exposition · introduction
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