final curtain
noun
: the last time a curtain is lowered at the end of a performance
The audience applauded enthusiastically after the final curtain.
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The musical will have played more than 130 regular performances at the Nederlander Theatre when the final curtain falls on July 21.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The event started with a small trickle of eager party-goers at 9 P.M. but the night exponentially grew at around 10:45 P.M. as casts took their final curtain calls and wandered down from their respective theaters to have a late-night boogie to music that wasn’t in their nightly musical repertoire.
—Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
The regime in the Kremlin, meanwhile, is widely thought to be corrupt, untrustworthy, and a one-man show rapidly approaching its final curtain.
—Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Less than two weeks after the news broke that the robot musicians would be making their final curtain call, Chuck E. Cheese backtracked.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 May 2024
The final curtain closed on Galloway’s high school basketball career March 9 in a state semifinal loss to Gwynn Park.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
The final curtain fell in March 2009 amid the Great Recession.
—Rio Yamat, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Join us for a journey through time filled with laughter, great music and moments that will enchant us long after the final curtain call.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
One of music's most elusive acts may have just had their final curtain call — at least for the immediate future.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 June 2023
Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The event started with a small trickle of eager party-goers at 9 P.M. but the night exponentially grew at around 10:45 P.M. as casts took their final curtain calls and wandered down from their respective theaters to have a late-night boogie to music that wasn’t in their nightly musical repertoire.
—Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
The regime in the Kremlin, meanwhile, is widely thought to be corrupt, untrustworthy, and a one-man show rapidly approaching its final curtain.
—Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Less than two weeks after the news broke that the robot musicians would be making their final curtain call, Chuck E. Cheese backtracked.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 May 2024
The final curtain closed on Galloway’s high school basketball career March 9 in a state semifinal loss to Gwynn Park.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
The final curtain fell in March 2009 amid the Great Recession.
—Rio Yamat, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Join us for a journey through time filled with laughter, great music and moments that will enchant us long after the final curtain call.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
One of music's most elusive acts may have just had their final curtain call — at least for the immediate future.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 June 2023
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“Final curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/final%20curtain. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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