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#1

RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:50pm

Just announced! Ragtime is Broadway-bound after all. I can hardly wait, sounds like it will open in August and run until January. What theatre is suitable? I'm thinking the Broadway, Neil Simon, or St. James. I'm psyched for this show as I unfortunately missed it 10 years ago. Think they'll issue a new cast recording or launch a new national tour?

Here's the link: http://backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2009/06/ragtime-revival-headed-for-broadway.html
Ragtime 2 Broadway

Updated On: 6/11/09 at 12:50 PM

#3

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:51pm

Source?

ETA: Never mind, you added it after I posted.
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Updated On: 6/11/09 at 12:51 PM

#4

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:53pm

I'd love to see it in a more intimate theatre.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#5

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:54pm

Why a limited run?

Or is this the sort of thing that will become an open run if it's popular/ successful?

Either way, this is VERY exciting and I can't wait!

Updated On: 6/11/09 at 12:54 PM

#6

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:55pm

It's a limited run because their top choice is the Neil Simon which will soon be needed for Robin Williams, Love Never Dies, and possibly Dirty Dancing.
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

Updated On: 6/11/09 at 12:55 PM

#7

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:57pm

YAY.
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#8

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:58pm

YAY! I am so excited for this, it's an amazing show. :)
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#9

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:58pm

I could be wrong. But, I don't think Shrek has announced its closing quite yet. So due to that fact I would have to say that the Broadway is out.
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#10

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 12:59pm

Nowhere in the article does it state that it would be a limited engagement, nor does it mention a theater.

Weapons of Self-Destruction has not been rescheduled as of yet and when it is who is to that say that it is definitely going back into the Neil Simon. All of those tickets were refunded, so they don't have to use that theater.
#11

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:01pm

OOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Best news of the month!!!
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#17

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:18pm

Very very exciting! Having it be a limited run would seem like a waste though.
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#18

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:20pm

If it didn't find an audience the first time around at a time when Broadway was healthy, it definitely won't find one this time around with our current economic state.

The show has its fans, I'll give it that... but its not of the mainstream milieu which is what audiences seem to want these days, especially at the current Broadway prices. Shows can't survive by Rush/Lottery/Student Discounts, etc... and NO ONE is going to pay Premium prices for a show that isn't sold-out.
#19

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:21pm

Is there another link? I see nothing in the OP's article that says anything about opening in August and running until January.

The Broadway, St James and Simon are all booked. But the Nederlander is free.

Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!

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#20

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:25pm

Well, the original WAS playing to nearly sold-out crowds for the first year and a half of its run, and that was in the too-big-for-its-own-good barn (aka the Hilton). I think this production could do very well since it'll have a smaller theatre, smaller costs, and no Livent Inc. involved. Besides, no one thought that a revival of South Pacific could be a hot ticket and yet here we are.
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#21

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:28pm

Having seen this production, I can assure everyone that they will not be disappointed.

Here's hoping it all comes together.

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#22

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:28pm

What wickedfan said. The show did very well with tourists, but Livent's financial problems and the massive scale of the production hurt it in its original run.
#23

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:38pm

If it didn't find an audience the first time around at a time when Broadway was healthy, it definitely won't find one this time around with our current economic state.

The first time around, it ran for two years. Even for "healthy Broadway", that's nothing to write off. Spring Awakening had an audience and the Best Musical Tony, and they didn't run that long.

I don't think it's going to break box office records, but I think it will be a much better fit for Broadway than many other shows- new and revival- that have opened over the past season.


That said, I really hope this is true. It was a wonderful production that I think improved on the original in many ways, and I hope some of the cast members can stay with the show.
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#24

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:40pm

Oh I am sure this will be more popular now. Obama will most likely go see it, and everyone will follow suit.
^That was not a bash to Obama in anyway.
#25

re: RAGTIME headed to Broadway!!!

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:50pm

>But the Nederlander is free.<

The Nederlander is booked.

Though smaller than the original production, this Ragtime still had a cast of 36 and a large orchestra at the Kennedy Center. So, I suspect to be economically feasible, it will need a large musical house.
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