Lincoln Center Theater to Revive RAGTIME at the Vivian Beaumont, Fall 2025- Page 6

[TellZ]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 6:02pm

Dancingthrulife2 said: "I would be hard pressed to call this bombardment of anthems the best score of the last 30 years."

Well it's no BKLYN The Musical, but we love it anyway.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 6:06pm

Dancingthrulife2 said: "I would be hard pressed to call this bombardment of anthems the best score of the last 30 years."

Most leading characters have an anthem and the chorus has a couple, but there’s plenty of non-anthem in there. Barely more anthemic than Les Mis or Chess or Saigon.

[Elphaba2019]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 2:09am

QueenAlice said: "I thought Cassie Levy at Encorescame across as a little too bohemian for Mother. The journey of that character has to be that she starts in a place of extreme conservatism. She did indeed also sing the score (IMO) with a little too much of a pop feeling to it."

I would much rather have seen Cassie Levy come back to Broadway in a Transfer of the West End Production of Next to Normal just watched the PBS Airing, and WOW! She was incredible in that, such a shame it is not coming to Broadway (as of now!)

[broadway86]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 11:47am

Dancingthrulife2 said: "I would be hard pressed to call this bombardment of anthems the best score of the last 30 years."

When the anthems are this good and this moving, I could not care less. 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 9:37pm

Mamie Parris sings it quite well in this Goodspeed clip. Certainly better than Ms Levy in my opinion. Not sure about all the movement (and hand gesture on “to be weak”), but moving is helpful to hit the notes and get through the phrase.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJep2utAyxt/?igsh=MTBjdDB0ZXVxNXNjNg==

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 10:29pm

It gets really funny how this does basically become a procession of anthems in act 2. I also think this show ends on an absolutely hilariously delusional note, especially in regards to the current state of America. It feels embarrassing. I'm hoping for a big cast, big sets, and a big orchestra.

Updated On: 5/10/25 at 10:29 PM

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 10:59pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Mamie Parris sings it quite well in this Goodspeed clip. Certainly better than Ms Levy in my opinion. Not sure about all the movement (and hand gesture on “to be weak”), but movingis helpful to hitthe notes and get through the phrase.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJep2utAyxt/?igsh=MTBjdDB0ZXVxNXNjNg=="

Caissie knocked this song out of the park; I thought she was just being unfavorably compared to Marin, and I can understand critiques of her overall arc/performance, but in terms of actually belting the song? Her voice is unimpeachable. 

Very much looking fwd to these voices filling the Beaumont.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/10/25 at 11:04pm

Georgeanddot2 said: "It gets really funny how this does basically become aprocession of anthems in act 2. I also think this show ends on an absolutely hilariously delusional note, especially in regards to the current state of America. It feels embarrassing.

To be fair, the end of act 1 is also a procession of anthems (New Music, Wheels of a Dream, and finally Till We Reach That Day).

I love the show but in recent years have felt a reprise of "Till We Reach That Day" would be a more appropriate and impactful finale than Wheels of a Dream.
 

"I'm hoping for a big cast, big sets, and a big orchestra."

Per the NYT: "DeBessonet said the Lincoln Center Theater production would be large-scale, with 33 onstage actors and a 28-piece orchestra, and a physical production that will be more elaborate than that at City Center, where the stage is less deep and the run was shorter. “We’re not translating to a naturalistic set, trying to depict every location in the show,” she said, “but the staging and the design have to evolve to meet the space.”"