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{{quote|''"There's a special kind of people known as: show people!"''}}
''[[Curtains]]'' is a 2007 Kander and Ebb [[The Musical|musical]] murder-mystery-comedy. It was nominated for eight Tony Awards, though it only won one (David Hyde Pierce-Best Actor in a Musical). The original cast included David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk.
The show is set in 1959 [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]], where a troupe of actors is trying out a musical called ''Robbin' Hood of the Old West''. During the opening night curtain call, the extremely untalented star, Jessica Cranshaw, drops dead. Lt. Frank Cioffi is sent to the theater to investigate what has been determined to be a murder, declaring no one is allowed to leave the building.
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The list of suspects includes pretty much everybody, as no one much liked Jessica. First there is the [[Producers|producer]], Carmen Berstein, who is busy trying to get the cast to continue on with the show despite the loss of its lead. Composer Aaron Fox is preocuppied with rewriting a big production number while his lyricist ex-wife Georgia Hendricks is convinced to take over the lead. Cioffi takes a liking to Jessica's understudy, [[The Ingenue|Nikki]], and hopes she's not the murderer. Other suspects include the flamboyant director, Christopher Belling, theater critic Daryl Grady, Carmen's shady husband, Sydney, who claims to have just arrived from New York, Bambi, their daughter, financial backer Oscar Shapiro, leading man Bobby Pepper, and stage manager Johnny Harmon.
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Cioffi's a big one, seeing as he gets to play Rob Hood in the musical at the end.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Double subverted: Carmen insults her daughter Bambi every chance she gets, but it was mainly to {{spoiler|give her a chance to shine without being accused of nepotism.}} Played straight with Sid, who doesn't even seem to know he has a stepdaughter.
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