curtain time
noun
: time for a performance to begin
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Examples of curtain time in a Sentence
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For decades, the Public has offered productions of Shakespeare and sometimes other classics at no charge to audience members willing to start lining up many hours before curtain time.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 July 2024
Determined by the Broadway League’s Committee of Theatre Owners, the dimming of the lights is a longstanding tradition that typically occurs at or just before curtain time in honor of the recent passing of a Broadway great — the theater community’s equivalent of flying a flag at half-staff.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
At curtain time, laser light danced through the air and a four-on-the-floor beat and electro melody began ringing out through the venue.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
Fantastically weird What often happens at restaurants next to theaters or performing arts spaces is an emptying out once curtain time comes.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
Doors and concessions open one hour before curtain time.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2023
But as curtain time drew near, Mickey found a sense of peace.
—The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
Closer to curtain time, the rest of the cast assembles around her in chairs and dark outfits of their own in a tableau combining the aesthetics of the Apple Genius Bar and a Shaker museum.
—Vulture, 9 Mar. 2023
But come curtain time on Broadway, Bergeron was in the starting cast.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 July 2024
Determined by the Broadway League’s Committee of Theatre Owners, the dimming of the lights is a longstanding tradition that typically occurs at or just before curtain time in honor of the recent passing of a Broadway great — the theater community’s equivalent of flying a flag at half-staff.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
At curtain time, laser light danced through the air and a four-on-the-floor beat and electro melody began ringing out through the venue.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
Fantastically weird What often happens at restaurants next to theaters or performing arts spaces is an emptying out once curtain time comes.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
Doors and concessions open one hour before curtain time.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2023
But as curtain time drew near, Mickey found a sense of peace.
—The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
Closer to curtain time, the rest of the cast assembles around her in chairs and dark outfits of their own in a tableau combining the aesthetics of the Apple Genius Bar and a Shaker museum.
—Vulture, 9 Mar. 2023
But come curtain time on Broadway, Bergeron was in the starting cast.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Curtain time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtain%20time. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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