Posted: 11/30/19 at 7:37pm
Posted: 12/1/19 at 11:13am
It seems like there is a move to revise and tighten the show. I saw it a few weeks ago at George Mason University in Virginia. Since I'd never seen the original I have no idea how much this new iteration differs from the original. The article indicates they are hoping for a London production in the near future. https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2019/10/18/new-revision-of-broadway-musical-rags-is-a-timely-story-of-the-immigrant-experience/
Posted: 12/1/19 at 11:23am
Posted: 12/1/19 at 4:45pm
The show has been tinkered with and revised almost constantly, and very few of the major stagings looked like the previous one. It was first revised Off-Broadway in the early 90s. It was given another overhaul in the late 90s for the Papermill Playhouse production. Then there was the most recent revisal for Goodspeed's production a couple years ago.
Does anyone happen to know what version is currently used for licensing?
Posted: 12/1/19 at 7:08pm
AEA AGMA SM said: "Does anyone happen to know what version is currently used for licensing?"
Which company licenses it now? It used to be R&H. Now it's not listed on their site anymore.
Posted: 12/1/19 at 7:12pm
Posted: 12/1/19 at 7:31pm
I play the overture every July 4th, and tear up. It's a beauty. I saw the OBC in a preview and the Papermill iteration, which didn't so much improve the show as simply change it. The score is exhilarating, but like "Merrily" and "Candide," it has a disconnect between the ambitions of the book and the execution. It's just about too many people and many get lost in act one. It also has a leading man who -- when he finally appears -- doesn't bring much of interest to the story. I dearly love every note of the score, but the storytelling is just too diffused.
Posted: 12/1/19 at 7:38pm
Posted: 12/1/19 at 8:21pm
Markypoo, I fully agree with you.
The Stratas "Children of the Wind' shattered me.
