You have to understand that my "Ragtime" experiece involved me driving to NY to see the orig. cast on a rainy day. I drove down...got there....parked....went in....No Stokes, No Audra, No Mazzie, No Friedman, No Judy Kaye....there was a page long print out of all the replacements, and I'm sorry to be harsh, but they were under-rehearsed, difficult to hear and seemed to be completely lacking emotion at all. I fould it to be long, boring and dumb. That said, I love the recording, but it was just not a pleasant experience in the theatre.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"