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curtain call
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance.
WordNet
n. an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience [syn: bow]
Wikipedia
A curtain call (often known as a walkdown or a final bow) occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. In musical theatre, the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call. Luciano Pavarotti holds the record for receiving 165 curtain calls, more than any other artist.
Curtain Call is a 2000 American short documentary film directed by Charles Braverman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
A curtain call is a return of individuals to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. Curtain Call may also refer to:
Curtain Call (also titled Hank Mobley Quintet Featuring Sonny Clark) is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released posthumously on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1984. It was recorded on August 18, 1957 and features Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Rowser, Sonny Clark and Art Taylor.
Curtain Call is a 1998 romantic comedy directed by Peter Yates, photographed by Sven Nykvist and edited by Hughes Winborne. It stars James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine and Maggie Smith. The film was later re-released under the title It All Came True (not to be confused with the completely unrelated 1940 Humphrey Bogart film of the same name). It was to be Peter Yates' last film made for cinema, although in most markets it went directly to TV or home video.
"Curtain Call" is a single by English singer-songwriter Aiden Grimshaw. The song was written by Grimshaw, Jarrad Rogers and Steve Rushton. It was released on 13 August 2012 via RCA Records. It was released as the second single from Grimshaw's debut album Misty Eye. The song features vocals from Labrinth's sister ShezAr.
Curtain Call is a 1940 comedy, directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride. The film was followed by a sequel, Footlight Fever, released in 1941.
"Curtain Call" is a song by the American hip-hop soul duo Nina Sky. It was released as second single from their unreleased second studio album on August 12, 2008. It features a guest appearance rapper Rick Ross. In 2007, Nina Sky announced new album The Musical featuring Rick Ross. The album was never released because of many issues with their record label Polo Grounds/ J. The second single from upcoming album was later announced to be "Curtain Call". Although single was moderately successful, no music video was released. Instead, duo filmed a music video for their following single " On Some Bullshit".
"Curtain Call" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on January 21, 2015 on the cable network FX. It was written by John J. Gray and directed by Bradley Buecker.
Curtain Call is an Australian variety series which aired in Sydney on ATN-7 during 1960, which featured comedy and music. It was followed-up in 1961 with the popular Revue '61.
The show aired in an hour-long time-slot (running time excluding commercials is not known). It wasn't live, but recorded in advance on video-tape, which at the time was cutting-edge technology (prior to video-tape, stations used the more primitive kinescope system)
English comedian Digby Wolfe appeared in several episodes. English comedian Billy Baxter also appeared as the host several episodes. Popular pianist Winifred Atwell appeared as a guest in an episode. Others to have appeared in the series included Red Moore, Kathy Lloyd, Barry Linehan, and Terry Scanlon.
Curtain Call is a weekly American television anthology series that aired on NBC in 1952 as the summer replacement for The RCA Victor Show. Fourteen 30 minute episodes were telecast live from Hollywood. Its stories were based upon the works of writers like John Steinbeck, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Cheever, among others.
Guest stars included such notables as Charlton Heston, Boris Karloff, Jack Palance, Robert Preston, Maureen Stapleton, Miriam Hopkins, and John Forsythe. It was produced by Worthington Miner.
Usage examples of "curtain call".
From then on they were so busy that it wasn't until midway through the triumphant fourth curtain call that John had time to wonder about it all.
When the final curtain came down she was cheered to the rooftops, taking curtain call after curtain call, as the whole audience, even Tony, were on their feet, yelling and clapping like promenaders.
It had started immediately, and it didn't stop as we took our first curtain call.
When we took our second curtain call, she pushed me out in front of the line of dancers.