drop curtain

The Elks completely remodeled the building and added a complete new set of drop curtains and new set pieces for the stage.

The house chandeliers rose, the lights dimmed, the orchestra tuned, the black drop curtain went up, and “Madama Butterfly” got underway.

At the back of the building, the roof line is elevated by one story to accommodate the theater’s former rigging and an olio drop curtain depicting a Victorian scene for the stage.

Compared with the costumes, the scenic elements are relatively pared-down: Layered drop curtains denote fanciful Neoclassical interiors, airy rotundas, a formal garden and an autumnal mountain vista.

The drop curtain, painted with the silhouette of a jagged skyline that could be Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn, rose to reveal a pair of three-story scaffolds recalling New York’s fire escapes.