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opening night

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. opening, opening night, curtain raisingnoun

    the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

    "the opening received good critical reviews"

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  1. opening night

    Opening night refers to the first official public performance of a theatrical show, movie, concert, or other form of entertainment, typically marked by a special event or celebration.

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  1. Opening Night

    Opening Night is a 1977 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Pedro Almodóvar repeats the film's accident scene in his film All About My Mother as the center of the dramatic conflict.

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  1. opening night

    Read the full text of the Opening Night poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of opening night in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of opening night in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of opening night in a Sentence

  1. Robin Lehner:

    I wouldn’t put this on the defense. I would put on the whole team. That’s the worst game I’ve seen since I got here. Opening night for them doesn’t really matter, for the second game of the season, this should be a red flag for us, and we have five days to look at this and fix it.

  2. Carol Channing:

    It was all special, i suppose that sounds cliché, but it's true. Every bit of the production, from opening night to the last night of the tour.

  3. Carole King:

    Gerry Goffin passed away on June 19 of last year. He did get to see the opening night in New York and he was really happy, he really loved the show.

  4. Carol Burnett:

    That was Carrie’s favorite flower, she had one tattooed on her right shoulder. Then at dinner the matre d’ gave us a bottle of champagne, and the label said ‘ Louise. ’ That was Carrie’s middle name. Then it rained on opening night. Carrie and I were nuts for the rain.

  5. Patti LuPone:

    I don't know whether she ever found out about it, i did meet her after her opening night party, and the only thing that Madonna has ever said to me was, 'I'm taller than you.'.

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