1.   The production opens with a darkened stage, and the sound of a woman singing softly.

2.   Another production is opening in London, and the play is making the rounds on the regional theater circuit.

3.   After a mildly evocative overture, the production opens at the scene of the crime, leaving no doubts about whom to punish.

4.   For the performers, these productions can open the door to professional life.

5.   Howard Simon, a playwright whose first major New York production opened on Sunday night, died on Wednesday at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn.

6.   On Sunday afternoon, that production again opened the spring season of the New York City Opera.

7.   On Sunday afternoon, the production opened the spring season of the New York City Opera.

8.   The new production opens Sunday night on Broadway.

9.   The production opened Wednesday night.

10.   The production has recently opened at the Neil Simon Theater in Manhattan.