Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WordNet
n. the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening, curtain raising]
Wikipedia
Opening Night is a 1977 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes.
Opening Night is a big band jazz recording of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra playing at the Village Vanguard club in New York City in February 1966. This was the first performance of the group at this club although the recording was not released until 2000. A 50-year tradition for Monday nights at the Village Vanguard began from this first evening for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra which later became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and eventually the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
Opening Night is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the sixteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1951. It was published in the United States as Night at the Vulcan.
The novel is one of the theatrical ones for which Marsh was best known, and concerns the murder of an actor backstage on opening night of a new play in London. The play is being performed at the Vulcan Theatre; it was formerly known as the Jupiter Theatre, renamed after an infamous murder recounted in the Alleyn short story "I Can Find My Way Out". The old crime is referenced in the text.
Martyn Tarne, a young and inexperienced actress from New Zealand, finds herself involved in a play where her own heredity plays a significant role in a minor part. As the understudy for a minor role, Martyn is caught up when Inspector Roderick Alleyn begins investigating a murder made to appear a suicide.
The book also sees the return of Lord Michael Lamprey. A child witness in A Surfeit of Lampreys (American title Death of a Peer), he was a civilian eager to join the police force in "I Can Find My Way Out", and he appears in Opening Night as a police constable attached to the CID.
Opening Night was one of four Alleyn novels adapted for New Zealand television in 1977; Alleyn was played by George Baker.
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Opening Night may refer to:
- Opening Night (film), a 1977 drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes
- Opening Night (album), a big band jazz recording of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
- Opening Night (novel), a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh
- Opening Night (1970s TV series), a 1974-75 Canadian television series
- "Opening Night" (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
- "Opening Night" (Parenthood (2010 TV series))
- Opening Night (2013 film), horror short film starring Tuesday Knight
Opening Night was a Canadian theatrical drama television miniseries which aired on CBC Television 1974 to 1975.
"Opening Night" is the twenty seventh episode of the American television series Smash. It was written by Bathsheba Doran and Noelle Valdivia and directed by Michael Morris. The episode premiered on NBC on April 20, 2013, the twelfth episode of Season 2. After months of hurdles, Bombshell's opening night is here. As Ivy's nerves get the better of her, support comes from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Tom and Julia look to their next project. Bombshell's success may be in jeopardy as Eileen's issues with Richard come to a head. Jimmy reveals all to Karen about his dark past.
"Opening Night" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 105th episode overall. It was written by Michael Hitchcock and directed by Eric Stoltz, and it aired on Fox in the United States on April 22, 2014, and features Rachel Berry ( Lea Michele) opening as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway. Archive footage of Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith) is used in this episode.
Usage examples of "opening night".
On opening night, I sat in the back row, yawning -- not out of tension, but out of genuine boredom, since it was an event that had no value-meaning for me any longer.
Everything went like a good opening night, just enough adrenalin to keep you in top form and no surprises you couldn't cope with.
On opening night in Brussels the play was greeted with tumultuous applause, whereupon the US Ambassador stood up and took a bow.
What was really happening, he told himself firmly, was that he had opening night jitters.
The opening night, the premier performance of the new opera Cohoneighs in the Fire.
They were itching to leave, too, for it was opening night in Arenas for the Midsummer Festival, and the streets were already packed with musicians, floats, and noisy celebrants.
You may think of the theater as being sophisticated and artsy, but our roots are in traveling troupes that were closer to carnivals and snake-oil shows than any black-tie opening night.