Doctorow's landmark novel, a sleek, seductive narrative that mixed real-life historical figures with fictional characters to paint a canvas of a country dizzy from innovations in transportation and On one level, this isn't inappropriate to Mr. The result itself is less a celebration of theater per se than of theatrical technology and its smooth manipulation. The beginning of this century from the perspective of its end, it often has the feeling of an instructional diorama in a pavilion at a world's fair.Īnd just as the handsome new building that houses "Ragtime" is a refabrication of two theaters from the era in which the show is set, the Lyric and the Apollo, the musical is a carefully constructed pastiche of period charm and contemporary
But there is finallyĬonceived to inaugurate the Ford Center by Livent Inc., the Canadian production company that brought "Show Boat" back to Broadway several years ago, the production has a correspondingly commemorative quality. There is much to admire in "Ragtime," from its images of hand-tinted daguerreotypes brought to exquisite life to the electric presence of its leading man, Brian Stokes Mitchell, as the black revolutionary Coalhouse Walker. " Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.," sung by Peter Friedman as Tateh." Henry Ford," sung by Larry Daggett as Henry Ford." Gettin' Ready Rag," sung by Brian Stokes Mitchell as Coalhouse Walker Jr." The Crime of the Century," sung by Lynnette Perry as Evelyn Nesbit.Hear It: RealAudio from 'Ragtime: The Musical'Įach excerpt lasts 30 seconds | Get RealAudio But face to face, you discover there's just no chemistry. The adjectives from the glamorous self-description. Doctorow's 1975 novel about turn-of-the-century growing pains is like meeting someone on the basis of a promising lonely-hearts ad. Sitting through this heavily publicized adaptation of E.L.
Opened last night at the new Ford Center for the Performing Arts, feel so utterly resistible? Then why does this $10 million show, which The people of New Rochelle, NY, in "Ragtime: The Musical" (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)īlessed with beauty, ambition, a smashing wardrobe and a social conscience, "Ragtime" would seem to be the kind of musical that brings Broadway audiences to their knees in adoration. The New York Times Review of 'Ragtime: The Musical' By BEN BRANTLEY Regular: $44 Discounted for seniors or groups of 10 or more: $39 and I-Card holders, students, and children: $20.Janu`Ragtime' Beckons to Nostalgia of Another Century's Turn Tickets are available beginning October 20, 2015, by visiting the IUP HUB Box Office on Pratt Drive, by calling 72, or by ordering online. In this all-new musical production directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge and produced by the team that most recently produced The Addams Family, Spamalot, Rock of Ages, and The Color Purple, Ragtime promises to be a performance not soon forgotten. Their compelling stories are set to theater's richest and most glorious Tony Award-winning score by Pittsburgh native Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Set in early 20th-century New York City, Ragtime tells the stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician-all three united by their desire and belief in a brighter tomorrow. And there lies the essence of this multi-award-winning powerhouse of a Broadway show, Ragtime: The Musical. Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts CenterĪt the dawn of a new century, everything is changing… and anything is possible.
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