Curtains is an original musical comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb (the Tony Award winning songwriters of Cabaret, Chicago, “New York New York”), and additional lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes. CURTAINS earned Rupert Holmes the DRAMA DESK AWARD for OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL and David Hyde Pierce the TONY AWARD for BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL.
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Curtains 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 irresistable 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.