RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon

[somethingwicked]

RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#1

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:23pm

"Ragtime, the Tony Award-winning musical that fans say got a too-short Broadway run after its 1998 launch- in the same season as The Lion King- is coming back to the Great White Way.

The news has been buzzed about for weeks, and on July 1 producers made it official: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' recent all-new and critically acclaimed production of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Ragtime, based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, featuring direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, will begin Broadway previews Oct. 23 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Opening is Nov. 15.

Casting and ticketing information will be announced soon. Members of the Kennedy Center company will likely be offered their roles again.

Ragtime will be produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Roy Furman, Roger Berlind, Max Cooper, Tom Kirdahy/Devlin Elliott, Jeffrey Sine, Scott Delman, Roy Miller, LAMS Productions, Inc., Wendy Federman, Emanuel Azenberg in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Milgrom Dodge's production debuted at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater on April 18 and played a popular limited engagement through May 17, 2009..."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130738

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 7/1/09 at 01:23 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#2

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:32pm

[lull89]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#2

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:36pm

So this doesn't look like it's a limited run as was rumored. Phantom 2's gonna have to get another theatre if this thing runs.

Also: yay! I've never seen this but I certainly enjoy much of the OBCR.

[musikman]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#3

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:36pm

Fist ===> Pump


Woot!

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[Mister Matt]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#5

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:43pm

Huh. I would be really excited if they had waited another ten years or so. I'm not sure they're going to get much mileage out of this, especially once Addam's Family and Spiderman open.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[ljay889]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#6

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:46pm

I am excited to see this show for the first time, but I think the NIGHT MUSIC revival is going to have more buzz and excitement surrounding it. It's been 36 years.

[lull89]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#7

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:46pm

Actually I have a question, has there ever been a situation like this where a show gets revived while the original production of the show it lost the Tony to (i.e. Lion King) was still running? Seems like a fairly unique situation.

[BroadwayGuy12]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#8

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:46pm

So excited!

[Calvin]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#9

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:50pm

lull89, yup -- Into the Woods (lost to Phantom).
Updated On: 7/1/09 at 01:50 PM

[#1Elphie]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#10

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:51pm

Yes! This is shaping up to be a pretty exciting season on Broadway.

[hmpeterson]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#11

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:53pm

I hope most of the cast from DC comes to the Broadway production.

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#12

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:53pm

This makes me happy. I'll definitely be there.

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[Yankeefan007]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#13

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:54pm

I wonder how Brantley, who wasn't too taken with the show the first time, will view the show.
Updated On: 7/1/09 at 01:54 PM

[nealb1]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#14

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:54pm

YAY!!! It's a wonderful, wonderful show!

[MelFromLI]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#15

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:56pm

EXCELLENT!! I had the pleasure of seeing the OBC and it was an amazing time. Can't wait to see it again!!!

"To The Stage!!!" - La Vie Boheme

[NGeorgiaBwayFan]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#16

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:57pm

Great news! I hope most of the DC cast remains in their roles.

"Like the good Lord says . . . Ya gotta take the rough with the smooth, Baby!" Madame Rose

[KChenowethfan]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#17

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:58pm

I loved the Kennedy Center production. This makes me very happy.

"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)

[broadwaybelter]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#18

Posted: 7/1/09 at 1:58pm

Huzzah! Let us rejoice!

[GlindatheGood22]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#19

Posted: 7/1/09 at 2:01pm

"YAY!!! It's a wonderful, wonderful show!"

To quote Beverly Weston, "Absolutely goddamn right." Sooooooo excited!

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[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#20

Posted: 7/1/09 at 2:04pm

September and October are going to be GREAT months!

[somethingwicked]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#21

Posted: 7/1/09 at 2:15pm

This production is absolutely stunning.

October can't come soon enough!

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[Princeton78]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#22

Posted: 7/1/09 at 2:54pm

Ugh, one of my favorite shows (Hairspray) moves out and one of the worst theatrical experiences I've ever witnessed (Ragtime) moves in? The magic of the Neil Simon will be gone.

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[Gothampc]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#23

Posted: 7/1/09 at 3:29pm

I'm glad this is coming back to Broadway. (It won't ever compare to the original though - Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell on the same stage!)

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[orangeskittles]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#24

Posted: 7/1/09 at 3:42pm

As it stands, this is the only show I'm looking forward to next season.

I think 9 years is a reasonable time before a revival. Shows used to be revived after only 3 or 4 years. Ragtime has only gained more appreciation since the original run, and as many commented in DC, the story is very fitting for our time, in a way that wasn't true in 1998.

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Wanting life but never knowing how

[theaterkid1015]

re: RAGTIME to Begin Previews October 23rd at The Neil Simon#25

Posted: 7/1/09 at 3:45pm

YES!!!

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