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2. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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   There is also a form of drop used in Vaudeville days, which may still be seen in older theaters, called an olio. "Olio" means conglomeration, and these drops were most often roll-drops covered with advertisements from various sponsors, for the audience to view between shows. An olio drop is a similar curtain, but lowered at the front of the stage.

3. Scrim (material) - Wikipedia

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   A similar usage of the term is found in sailcloth manufacture, where scrim is a strong loose weave of fibers laminated into the cloth to provide extra strength and stability to sails. [ 12 ] In carpentry , scrim is a very heavy, coarsely-woven fabric (similar to hessian or to coarse canvas) which is stretched over interior boards to provide ...

4. Cyclorama (theater) - Wikipedia

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   In theater and film, a cyclorama (abbreviated cyc in the U.S., Canada, and the UK) is a large curtain or wall, often concave, positioned at the back of the apse. It often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background. The world "cyclorama" stems from the Greek words "kyklos", meaning circle, and "orama", meaning view.

5. Curtain - Wikipedia

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   A curtain is a piece of cloth or other material intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water. [1] A curtain is also the movable screen or drape in a theatre that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop/background.

6. Elton John Reveals Which of His Own Songs Are His ... - AOL

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   When asked by host Stephen Colbert to name "Elton John's top five Elton John songs," the father of two first exclaimed, "Oh, for Christ's sake," before he detailed, "I would say anything off the ...

7. Front curtain - Wikipedia

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   A wipe curtain, named after the film editing technique called a wipe, is a single large curtain that is rigged in a manner similar to traveler curtains. Unlike travelers, which consist of two curtains that part at center stage, a wipe opens from the left or right side of the proscenium and travels horizontally across the entire stage.