ROB ASHFORD CURTAINS Choreography

CURTAINS with David Hyde Pierce & Debbra Monk CHOREOGRAPHED RON ASHFORD A Video Montage by Ira H. Gallen TICKETS www.theaterMania.com www.livebroadway.com CURTAINS A Mystery Musical & Choreographer ROB ASHFORD Part 1 There quiet, unassuming and sometimes shy and looking at them you wouldn't think they can control the movement of large groups of people, no there not Generals, or Captains of Armies but Choreographers of Dance. They look like any regular person you might pass in the street like Peter Parker before he turns into Spiderman, in fact Rob reminds me of Toby McGuire. But in the case of CURTAINS starring DAVID HYDE PIERCE & DEBBRA MONK the powers and abilities of choreographer ROB ASHFORD, depends on the kindness with others, as we explore the working relationship of the Choreographer and his Director Scott Ellis as they interpret the Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone murder mystery with the music and lyrics of John Kandor and Fred Ebb. Rob talks about how many of the numbers created for the show was a homage's to past choreographers of the fifties and sixties like Agnes DeMille, and his idol Jerome Robbins, who set a tone for what's know as the Golden Age of Theatre. But Rob's life from a dancer to choreographers was like being dropped on to the MGM Lot in the hey day of Movie Musicals and told to have fun, especially after Thoroughly Modern Millie, which he won a Tony; The Boys From Syracuse, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and the movie Beyond the ...