It's Curtains For You - Whodunit Musical Will Close In June

Comedic musical mystery Curtains, currently at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, has announced it will close on June 29th.

*Check out an interview with "Curtains" star Karen Ziemba at the bottom of this article, or on MyBroadway.com's homepage!

The show, from composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, and writers Peter Stone and Rupert Holmes, "unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi (played by David Hyde Pierce) arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder."

The musical originally opened on March 22nd of 2007 after playing a try-out run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. It stars 2007 Tony Award winner and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi and Tony and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein.

In addition, the whodunit features Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba as lyricist Georgia Hendricks, Jason Danieley as composer Aaron Fox, Erin Davie as ingenue Niki Harris and Edward Hibbert as director Christopher Belling, with John Bolton as theatre critic Daryl Grady, Michael X. Martin as stage manager Johnny Harmon, Michael McCormick as investor Oscar Shapiro, Noah Racey as choreographer Bobby Pepper, Megan Sikora as understudy Bambi Bernet, and Gerry Vichi as producer Sidney Bernstein.

Choreography is by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford.

Curtains will have played 511 performances and 26 previews upon its closing. The producers plan to debut worldwide productions following the cessation of its Broadway run.

For ticket and showtime information visit wwwcurtainsthemusical.com.

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