Sentence examples for curtain up from inspiring English sources

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"curtain up" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the beginning of something or a signal for something to start. For example, "With the audience excited, the conductor waved his wand and the curtain went up, beginning the show."

Exact(43)

CURTAIN UP about theatrical caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

The New Yorker

The film just throws you onstage, curtain up, spotlight blazing.

The New York Times

Curtain up on a drawing room rich with Restoration splendor.

The New Yorker

They put the curtain up and I had to leave.

The Guardian - Money

CURTAIN UP -- What is the definition of faith?

The New York Times

By Henry Alford July 16, 2013 Curtain up on a drawing room rich with Restoration splendor.

The New Yorker

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When curtain-up meant magic?

The New York Times - Arts

The protest broke out shortly after curtain-up.

Independent

Even before curtain-up, Figgis has caught the opera bug.

The Guardian - Music

But by curtain-up, it might be totally different.

The Guardian

If it weren't Shakespeare, it, like several others this season, might never have made curtain-up.

The Economist

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