RAGTIME to Close on Sunday January 3, 2010 — Page 5

I'm pretty upset about this. For my big Christmas present to my family, I bought tickets for all of us to see the show on the 9th. Hopefully I'll be able to get tickets this week. I really wanted to see this more than anything out right now.

~Steven

I am most saddened by the thought of how IGNORED this will come to be at Tony time. People SAY that most of the Tony voters have seen it, but I find it hard to believe. And even if it IS true, it's hard to fathom that the voters can keep any thoughts alive through APRIL. It might garner a few nods,but it isn't going to win. (although in my heart of hearts I'll be rooting for Bobby Steggart)

The out of town producers care about what's going to make them money on tour--sadly, this ain't it.

Good luck to the cast and crew.

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"I just don't understand. How bad were the ticket sales? From what I heard, the theatre was packed every night. "

Tale of Two Cities similarly was said to have sold out every single night, with everyone on their feet every night. It's a ploy to get more people in without giving away half of the tickets as comps!

There's a large connotation that Ragtime is boring. After seeing it on stage live for the first time on Monday last week (having listened to the score since the original a decade ago!), I'd agree that the first Act has terribly slow moments. However, it's good enough to stick around for the second house, which is incredible. I'm sad that it's going to be over - especially so soon! I would have also been there January 9th!

I thihnk if you're going to revive anything this fast, it needs to be a notorious, exciting, jumpy story. First thing that pops into my head is Jekyll & HYDE. The story excites people, the music is pop-y and catchy to even today's listeners. Something like TITANIC (or even for you Wildhorn haters, The Scarlet Pimpernel wouldn't do great business either) I don't think would do so well. When I heard of Ragtime coming back, I was indifferent. So many people know about it and respect it, but it's still Ragtime. Personally fell in love with the story watching it live as opposed to the book!

Oh no, I'm really gutted about this news. I was so looking forward to seeing this production again in early February. But I guess I have to be happy that I at least had the chance to see it once. It was such a delight.

I am very saddened by the news. This show was AMAZING. Maybe we will get lucky and someone smart will record the show for PBS. That would be the smart thing to do. The set it perfect for recording. If we can do a recording of Tale for PBS then why not RAGTIME which was 100x better.

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Who is getting it Smaxie??? Do tell!

Very depressing news. I feel very fortunate to have been able to see this production, and I'll always cherish my memories of my time in the Neil Simon.

Best of luck to this very talented cast and creative team. I'll be rooting for Team Ragtime when the Tonys roll around!

I so wish I could be there for the final performance. Now I really regret not seeing it when I had the chance in November. I'll always have the fondest memories of the DC production, at least.

>Ragtime was evicted; the producers didn't choose to close the show<

This is a fallacy.

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Clopin, unfortunately no. Usually a ploy to extend would be to advertise "last weeks". No such case in this instance.

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No, it won't extend. January 3rd is official.

Very, very sad to hear this.

My heart stopped when I first read the announcement, even though I saw it coming... but it's a nice to see how much love Bobby Steggert is getting from this thread. When I first saw the show in DC, I thought, "That guy is the best part of the show," but no one else I was with thought he was anything special.

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Schmerg, I loved Bobby Steggert's performance and think I even mentioned it in my initial review of the show. He was quite remarkable (IMO).

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