final curtain
noun
: the last time a curtain is lowered at the end of a performance
The audience applauded enthusiastically after the final curtain.
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His Emmy nomination for a limited or anthology series comes after the final curtain call for his role as CBS head Bill Paley in the second season of Feud.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
The musical will have played more than 130 regular performances at the Nederlander Theatre when the final curtain falls on July 21.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The event started with a small trickle of eager party-goers at 9 P.M. but the night exponentially grew at around 10:45 P.M. as casts took their final curtain calls and wandered down from their respective theaters to have a late-night boogie to music that wasn’t in their nightly musical repertoire.
—Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
The regime in the Kremlin, meanwhile, is widely thought to be corrupt, untrustworthy, and a one-man show rapidly approaching its final curtain.
—Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
The musical will have played more than 130 regular performances at the Nederlander Theatre when the final curtain falls on July 21.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The event started with a small trickle of eager party-goers at 9 P.M. but the night exponentially grew at around 10:45 P.M. as casts took their final curtain calls and wandered down from their respective theaters to have a late-night boogie to music that wasn’t in their nightly musical repertoire.
—Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
The regime in the Kremlin, meanwhile, is widely thought to be corrupt, untrustworthy, and a one-man show rapidly approaching its final curtain.
—Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Final curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/final%20curtain. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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