RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!- Page 2

[Justice]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#25

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:24pm

Urban..in this production, they cut out the Pas De Deux between Sarah and Coalhouse.

"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#26

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:32pm

I think "What a Game" was one of the clips in the website reel... or at least I hope it was! I'd be infuriated if it were cut too! (I'm already not understanding why "Harry Houdini, Master Escapist" doesn't always appear in productions of Ragtime... is it in this one?)

[Justice]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#27

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:39pm

Not the opening of the second Act...no.

"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

[Urban]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#28

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:56pm

Just viewed the clip. Again let me state my insane jealousy. :)

Oddly though... maybe it was just me, but the clip reminded me of "Chicago" for some reason. It must just be the way it was edited.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#29

Posted: 6/20/05 at 2:12pm

I also don't mind Evelyn not performing on the swing. The real Evelyn Nesbit was only in the red velvet swing as a teenager a few years before the murder trial. She didn't perform on a swing as depicted in the movie "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" or the Broadway production of "Ragtime." From your posts, I gather that some sort of swing dance is being performed instead. That may be more appropriate since, during and after the trial, she did assume a reputation for 'swinging' from one opportunity to another!

[cathywellerstein]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#30

Posted: 6/20/05 at 4:04pm

that's sad that there's no swing. but i guess if it wasn't in the original broadway production then it's fine. how's shonn wiley (mother's younger brother), for anyone who has seen it?

[lovergirl]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#31

Posted: 6/20/05 at 9:30pm

he was great... everyone was great.....
Standouts-
rachael york-mother
queintin darrington- coalhouse
Matt Scott- Houdini
Betsy Wolfe- Evelyn Nesbit
Debra Cardona- Emma Goldman
Shon Wiley- Brother
Kenita Miller- Sarah...
Get my drift.... everyone was great.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

re: RAGTIME IS MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!#32

Posted: 6/20/05 at 10:57pm

No, the swing was in the original Broadway production of Ragtime. The real Evelyn Nesbit just never performed on one publicly for commercial gain. In other words, the elimination of the swing prop and performance of a swing dance instead are steps toward making Ragtime the musical's Evelyn Nesbit true to the real woman.