Ragtime- Page 2

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:57am

I believe RAGTIME is one of the greatest American Musicals. It was, unfortunately, ruined by the Garth Drabinsky/Livent fiasco and has a bit of bad history behind it. However, I feel that in a few years it will be revived and get it’s proper respect.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 8:44am

Should have one the Tony for Best Musical. Enough said !!!

Its amazing !

[LouW95]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 9:30am

Ragtime was buried at the Tony Awards by Lion King. In any other year, it would have emerged as the best in many categories. I was close to that show in many ways, which I will not mention here. It was an exciting first show for the new Ford Center, now home to 42nd St. Ragtime did quite well attracting an audience but not well enough to recoup the millions lost in the Livent scandal. That matteris still being sorted out in the courts! The NYC Opera should certainly do a full blown production of Ragtime. Perhaps Stokes, Audra, Marin and some others in the original cast could be reunited for that production?

[lovettespies]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:38pm

Ragtime is a wonderful example of a show with a depressing plot having great, upbeat music and really keeping the audience interested. That's what I didn't like about Le Mis. After the 15th ballad or so, I just started to nod off. I love shows like Ragtime with variety and excitement in their score, not endless songs that go on forever. I'm so sorry it closed so early, it deserved a lot more.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:46pm

Marin and Brian have had a few reunions of sorts; first with Kiss Me, Kate, and then Man of La Mancha.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:53pm

I love love love Ragtime. I never had the opportunity to see BSM, and Marin, Peter, Audra in it...but I'm sure it was just as perfect as the recording makes it sound.

As for disc 2...I like the Booker T Washington song.

"look what you've done....
think of your son"

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:53pm

I was lucky enough to get to play Evelyn Nesbit in our production of Ragtime and i just love the show. It is so beautiful, the Prologue is just amazing.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:56pm

"weeeeeeeee"

[lovettespies]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:57pm

I've always wanted to be the girl on the swing. Sigh, what a great show.

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 3:36pm

My gosh it was sooooooooooooooo much fun! Whee!!!!!!!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 3:37pm

Is that you?

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 3:53pm

Welcome, Shiksa. I like your signature, and you look very pretty in that picture (I'm assuming that is you).

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 4:44pm

Any more show pictures, ShiksaGoddess2?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:21pm

Wow, I love how the Epilogue is done. The characters explain what they actually end up doing later in life...like narrators, but telling about themselves. Very cool.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:25pm

They narrate for themselves in the Prologue also, but you don't know the characters at that point when you're listening to the cd.

[lovettespies]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:27pm

It's a very well written show!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:31pm

That is awesome.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:34pm

Never seen the show, but I have listened to the BN clips and I LOVE what I heard. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the book by Doctorow. Any fan of the musical should read it.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:36pm

Planning on reading it soon. I heard there was a lot that was taken out of the show, and the movie as well. It would probably take a mini-series to have everything from the book included.

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:48pm

"re: Ragtime
Posted On:9/11/04 at 03:37:40 PM


Is that you? "


Yes thats me

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 5:50pm

If anyone is interested here is the link to my photobucket. I have some of my Ragtime Pictures there. Its not all of them but its most of them. I hope you like!
My Ragtime Pics

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:04pm

Very nice...you are gorgeous...if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? Teens, twenties...?

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:12pm

aww thank you! Well my birthday was just this last thursday the 9th. I'm 19

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:20pm

You look very mature for your age.

[ShiksaGoddess2]

Posted: 9/11/04 at 11:49pm

ya, I get that sometimes