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Meryl Streep! Darren Criss! Audra McDonald! 2012’s Biggest Stars in the Best Curtain Calls of the Year

Our favorite shots from when the curtain came down.

Forty-four Broadway shows opened their doors in the calendar year 2012. Productions welcomed new cast members galore, while a handful of long-running favorites closed up shop. And then there were the off-Broadway openings, the benefits, and the endless stream of one-night-only events, the sheer number of which we couldn’t count. TheaterMania’s photographers were on hand to capture it all. As the year comes to a close, we share our favorite curtain calls of 2012.