0 the first night that a play, film, etc. is performed or shown:
1 the first night that a play or other entertainment is performed or shown
2 the first night that a play, film, etc. is performed or shown :
Blocked and blocked for months, with the rehearsals and then opening night looming.
I always said that a critic has no clue about the theatre unless he spends the night before an important opening night with a great actress.
The skill and art of the director lies in how long this process of exploration can be prolonged before the pressures of the opening night intrude.
It has been obvious to everyone that the project has been a disaster from the opening night, if not before.
We should not make excuses for the mishaps on the opening night.
The dome is on course to be a centrepiece for the country's millennium celebrations, both on its opening night and throughout 2000.
His diligence if not in attracting a huge audience on this opening night has attracted at least a large and noble cast of well-informed experts in this field.
Playing catch-up two years before opening night?
