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#1

Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/1/06 at 2:12pm

Checking out Myspace this morning and noticed that Michael Rupert has put up a snippet of a track from his new CD, plus "Journey On" from RAGTIME with Julia Murney playing Mother. Also, there's a live version of "Welcome To Falsettoland" from FALSETTOS with the Broadway lyrics.

Michael Rupert's Myspace page
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."

Updated On: 1/1/06 at 02:12 PM

#3

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/1/06 at 3:53pm

I agree. That production must have been amazing, with Rupert, Julia Murney and Norm Lewis as Coalhouse!
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
#4

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/1/06 at 4:20pm

Too true! Norm must have been simply amazing as Coalhouse. I've seen Michael as Tateh and I adored him. I wasn't so sure about Julia, don't get me wrong, I love her...I just wasn't sure she was "right" for Mother...She seemed to young for me. BUT, she totally blew we away on the recording...She sounds so good...
#5

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/1/06 at 6:06pm

She does sound great. I don't think she is too young for Mother. In the book she is in her mid twenties.
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
#6

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/1/06 at 8:38pm

I must say that I had the privilege to be the Assitant to the music and assitant musical directors for this production. It was the North Carolina's critically acclaimed production. It was a true highlight -- I grew working at NCT when I was 8, doing various onstage roles, then switched to working with the musical director for the last few years before I left for college. All in all, after 10 years, I've learned TONS and met AWESOME people. Aside from the stellar cast for this RAGTIME, we had Sebastian Bach (not a great artist, but quite a character) and Kate Shindle (amazing!) for "Jekyll & Hyde", Paul Sorvino (so-so) for "Fiddler", Lauren Kennedy (a hometown sweetheart, I worked with her many a time before) and her husband Alan Campbell in "Beauty and the Beast", and Sheena Easton in "Joseph...".

At that was last season.

~Sam

Sorry to threadjack, I'm just quite proud of NCT. When people think of Raleigh, NC, great theatre isn't the first on their mind. Well, it should be.
#8

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:02pm

Hester - I guess you are right. It's just that everyone I've seen do it...The tour and on Broadway was so matronly...Julia seems so youthful and fresh...But I love her on "Journey On"...Her "Back To Before" must have been simply gorgeous.

TheatreMonkey - I actually have some family down near Raleigh and they saw BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and loved it. I just ordered the CD that Michael Rupert recommended on his site by a couple of kids down there. I thought my nieces and nephew would like it. http://blog.myspace.com/michaelrupert

Now if Michael would just get his CD out!!!

MEF - I would have killed to see her in it too.





#9

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:28pm

Is it just me? I think Murney (who I love, don't get me wrong) sounds pretty bad. She seems to open up more at the end, but in the beginning of Mother's vocal part, she sounds like she is being strangled when she starts. The best Mother I have seen was Rachel York at Papermill (who I thought gave a better all around performance than Mazzie). If only there were a recording of the Papermill production...
#11

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:34pm

I think Julia Murney sounds amazing as Mother. I think she has a lot of "warmth" in her voice...I loved Rachel York in the Paper Mill production, and I also wish it had gotten recorded, which I wonder if it would have if there already hadn't been two RAGTIME recordings on the market.

Updated On: 1/2/06 at 03:34 PM

#12

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/2/06 at 3:50pm

This is amazing, thanks for posting the link. I like Julia Murney in the clip of "Journey On" so much more than I have some of the other times that I've heard her. Mother is an incredible role, and it'd be really interesting to see her take on it.
#13

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/2/06 at 5:29pm

When I first heard Julia was coming to do Mother, I was surprised and excited. My only frame of reference for her was "The Wild Party" (a score I LOVE) -- needless to say, a role that's a LOT different from Mother! But she brought such an incrediable warmth and human touch. I saw the national tour of "Ragtime" many years before, and wasn't too impressed with the Mother. The thing with Julie is that when she went through her "transition" in the second act, there was this new feel and emotion that swept over her. Not to mention "Back to Before" was &^#( amazing!

~Sam
#15

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/3/06 at 3:26pm

I also really like Julia as Mother, and I'm not the biggest Julia Murney fan.
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
#17

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/3/06 at 3:30pm

Yeah it does sound great, although it seems strange to hear a guitar based song coming from him. I guess I'm just used to FALSETTOS and RAGTIME.
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
#23

re: Preview track from Michael Rupert's CD plus RAGTIME with Julia Murney

Posted: 1/6/06 at 6:14pm

You are right AW, he does change it a lot. I guess it keeps people, like me, to keep on checking it out. Also, on his blog he's posted a picture of his costume designs for THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.


Michael Rupert's MySpace Blog
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no. But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."

Updated On: 1/6/06 at 06:14 PM

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