Suddenly, the wind stopped and the sheets of crystalline flakes parted around them like the opening curtain of a stage play.

But it didn't look like it had before the opening curtain.

I didn't realize I was walking in on the opening curtain.

As rain delayed the opening curtain, audience members took shelter and talked of shows past.

From the opening curtain, it goes out of its way to defuse any encroaching earnestness with self-mockery.

It looked like the opening curtain of a one-act play with a modest set.

While many Broadway theaters had their opening curtains delayed, all shows gave their performances that night.

As the opening curtain is signalled, 'Faust' finds himself on a stage, a performance about to begin.

He was proud that he'd never missed an opening curtain, or an entrance, in his entire professional career- except once.

The theaters could activate the transmission devices 15 minutes before the opening curtain instead of waiting until the performance is under way.