It has also allowed one of the game's all-time magicians to take his final bow on the ultimate stage.
As he prepares for his final bow on the international stage, what does he make of that Rooney comparison?
On March 29 , 1962 having resigned for positively the last time, he took his final bow on the program, his face a cascade of tears.
On Wednesday, homeless and ex-homeless performers will take their final bow on the main stage of the Royal Opera House after a successful run of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.
He was similarly unerring last night and France's coach Raymond Domenech paid tribute to his star, who will take his final bow on the greatest stage of all on Sunday.
That would bring down the curtain on the 36-year-old's career on the same day that wing namesake Shane, 34, takes a final bow on the big stage.
In fact, those gushing reviews at the start, when Serial first caught electronic fire, are souring a bit now that there was no final bow on the package in the end.
After so many years — and some 17,000 hours on the air — this 80-year-old entertainer took his final bow on "Live!
(Even the trimmer cast had trouble fitting on it for the final bow on Thursday).
WHEN Damian Woetzel takes his final bow on Wednesday as a principal dancer for New York City Ballet, balletomanes everywhere will grieve.
