11.   As the curtain goes up and Atlanta steps upon the international stage, these Games will be played against a backdrop of unprecedented corporate involvement.

12.   A stagehand said she had been complaining of nausea before the curtain went up at the John Golden Theater.

13.   But the curtain has only just gone up on the real drama, the denouement of this epic Smoke Ring Cycle.

14.   But the only thing that mattered to this playwright were those authentic moments when the curtain goes up, time slows down and art informs the soul with eternity.

15.   But then the curtain went up on Act II.

16.   But to Ms. Lashinsky, the space had the exhilarating promise of an empty stage before the curtain goes up.

17.   But while we wait for the main event, the curtain is already going up on a new age of television broadcast.

18.   But when the curtain goes up on this one, a flock of Dream Fairies are already whirling.

19.   Caminal still has myriad details to worry about before the new red velvet curtain goes up next year.

20.   Croll will send him through a dress rehearsal either Monday or Tuesday and then wait for the curtain to go up.