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#126

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:51pm

Ragtime. A truly magnificent musical.

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#127

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:57pm

The fact that Ragtime is winning (not counting PM's) is restoring my faith in the BWW community.

#128

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:01pm

Amen to that, adamgreer! I totally thought it was going to go the other way (not counting PM's, of course, and not that it is over)!

#129

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:26pm

Ragtime

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#130

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 6:28pm

I have not seen, or heard anything from Ragtime, so my answer has to be:

RENT

Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

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#131

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:03pm

If you've never seen or heard anything from Ragtime, why on Earth are you voting in this category?

Is it, like, because Eyedina was in the original cast?

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 07:03 PM

#132

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:05pm

While I admire Rent in many ways and think in many ways it's a better show, I have to say Ragtime.

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#133

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 7:42pm

RENT

#134

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:12pm

Ragtime!

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#135

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:16pm

yes, adamgreer, it is soo bekuz Eyedeenuh was in Rant. Wow, how original of you. Can you not get it through your head that people can like Rent and not particularly care for Idina?

#136

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:17pm

If we're talking back in the day...my vote has to go to RENT.

And I did see the OBC of Ragtime.

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#137

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:18pm

"yes, adamgreer, it is soo bekuz Eyedeenuh was in Rant. Wow, how original of you. Can you not get it through your head that people can like Rent and not particularly care for Idina?"

You've still not answered my original question. if you admittedly haven't seen or heard anything from Ragtime, why are you voting in this category?

#138

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:19pm

RAGTIME

I think it's underrated musical. I forget - how did it do on Broadway/why did it close??

loves it soo much!

#139

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:24pm

It ran about two years and closed because of sky-high running costs coupled with Livent's bankruptcy and Garth Drabinsky's legal troubles. It could've run for much longer if not for the latter factors.

#140

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:27pm

"I forget - how did it do on Broadway/why did it close?? "

Ragtime opened on January 18, 1998, and closed on January 16, 2000, playing a total of 834 performances. As for why it closed, that depends on who you ask. It had a cast of 54, and a mammoth set that must have kept operating costs very high. Then there was the Livent/ Garth Drabinsky fiasco. The show posted a closing notice immediately after they stopped doing capacity business, when they were still making some profit.

Updated On: 3/27/08 at 09:27 PM

#141

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:29pm

because I like Rent, so I am supporting a show that I like. How much do you want to bet that I am not the only person on this thread that has voted for Rent without seeing or hearing Ragtime?

#142

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/27/08 at 9:33pm

Ragtime

#143

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:13am

Tough call. I kind of hate myself for saying this but: Rent.

#144

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 12:25am

This is probably the cruelest question anyone could ever ask me, but Rent, just because of it's cultural effect.

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#145

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 1:26am

"You've still not answered my original question. if you admittedly haven't seen or heard anything from Ragtime, why are you voting in this category?"

Because we are going for FAVORITE, I think that can include people's ignorance of a show. Besides, it's a game, for fun. If we had to know both show equally, no one would have voted for the earlier rounds.

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#146

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 1:32am

Ragtime

#147

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 1:35am

God, I am torn. Oh, lordy lord.

RENT.

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#148

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 1:52am

Ragtime

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#149

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 2:19am

Rent

#150

re: Ragtime vs. Rent (March Madness, Round 3, game 5)

Posted: 3/28/08 at 8:04am

So hard, but I'm going to go with Ragtime.

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