CURTAINRAISER
Curtain raiser
A curtain raiser is a performance, stage act, show, actor or performer that opens a show for the main attraction. The term is derived from the act of raising the stage curtain. The first person on stage has "raised the curtain".The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Curtain raiser (drama)
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