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Also called: Main curtain · Grand drape · Tabs · Main rag

The main curtain at the front of the stage, which opens at the start and closes at the end.

CrewStage managers

Curtain lineWhere the main curtain lands on the floor when it closes. Anything downstage of it stays in view with the curtain in.
Curtain warmersLights that wash the front curtain before the show and during the interval, so the stage looks alive while it waits.
TravellerA curtain that opens sideways along a track instead of flying up and down.

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