Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)

[JRybka]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:33pm

I remember back in the day there was an article about how Garth Drabinsky auditioned composers to find the right fit for the show. I also know that Ahrens & Flaherty won the audition (and the chance to create the music for the show) by composing the opening number and also the song Gliding. My question is this: Does anyone know who else might have been up for that audition and what they may or may not have presented? I always thought that Jason Robert Brown's Parade was his "Ragtime" and I wonder what he could have done with Ragtime. Anyone know? Thanks!

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:55pm

I do know both Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lippa auditioned for it -- not sure who else. They loved Jason Robert Brown but did not feel he was right for that particular show. Through that, however, a few doors opened and he picked up the PARADE job (partly because of it).

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 6:08pm

Did Adam Guettel audition? I thought somewhere I heard he had.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 7:17pm

Maltby and Shire submitted a demo

[DooWahDiddy]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 7:18pm

JRB posted his Ragtime audition song to his blog a while back, but I'm not sure how to find it now. There doesn't seem to be a search function, but if you want to scroll through each month's entries you should find it! It's called "Something Like Home".

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 8:54pm

Michael John LaChiusa was one of them.