act curtain

noun

1. Theater. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes.

Example Sentences

It’s Paul who brings down the first act curtain of Selina Fillinger’s rough-and-tumble feminist comedy — and with it, in a way, the patriarchy itself.

From New York Times

She brings down the first act curtain with coy quiet.

From New York Times

We could have taken an act break after the winning of the Revolutionary War, and certainly “Yorktown” felt like a fantastic first act curtain, but it was clear we needed to set up the stakes for the second act before letting the audience go.

From Los Angeles Times

I leave my seat the moment the first act curtain starts to fall.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Sommer’s wittily appalled Bradley needs to be a shade more menacing for the second act curtain scene to unsettle as it should.

From New York Times