Anyone going to the first RAGTIME preview tonight (10/23)? — Page 8

Saw the matinee today(Wed.) and loved it!! I'll keep it short: Loved Darrington(Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Noll(Mother) & Umoh(Sarah) as all three should be serious Tony contenders. Also enjoyed Petkoff(Tateh), Hammond(Houdini) & Migliaccio(Emma Goldman). The show had tons of energy, this cast is very strong and is clearly the front-runner to win the best revival Tony.

As for the car & piano. They bothered me for about two seconds, then I moved on. Enjoyed the simplicity of the three tiered set, it works beautifully. And please let there be a cast recording of this. It deserves to be recorded!! And unless The Addams Family, La Cage or A Little Night Music(or even Spiderman if it ever gets going) completely blows me away, Ragtime appears to be the best show to arrive on Broadway this season.

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This may have already been discussed, but I'm curious to know if "Harry Houdini, Master Escapist" is still cut and which version of "He Wanted to Say" they are using. There's the original and a much shorter version available in the licensed script.

They're essentially doing the "concert" version (I believe that's the way MTI labels it) so Harry Houdini, Master Escapist is cut - the second act opens with Coalhouse's Soliloquy - and He Wanted to Say is shortened as well.

I can't wait to see this tomorrow night! It'll be the first time I've seen Ragtime since the final performance of the original run.

jv92

You hit it EXACTLY on the head. I was also there Sunday Matinee and had very high expectations. The show is STUNNING -- I was literally out of breath at the final curtain -- it is the best revival I've seen in 20 years of NYC theatre going.

DO NOT MISS IT

Can they please bring back this beautiful show

^I wish ill upon you.

I miss this show so much.

And Savannah Wise was good and very funny but there isn't a huge amount you can actually do with the role. I enjoyed Leigh Ann Larkin at the Kennedy Center as well.