Ragtime TDF?

[tking001]

Posted: 9/20/09 at 8:54pm

What are the chances that Ragtime will be up on TDF for the first couple of previews?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 9/20/09 at 8:59pm

in my opinion, very likely...

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 9/20/09 at 10:23pm

Agreed. It's a recession! And it's not like this show was a big runaway hit the first time around.

[trombonist]

Posted: 9/20/09 at 11:45pm

idk though. this is the version that got rave reviews and sold out the kennedy center run. it could be a bigger seller than we think.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 10:03am

I'm not saying it might not do well, but I don't think it's going to be a big sell-out hit in the first couple of weeks. Maybe after the reviews come out or word-of-mouth spreads. I hate the radio commercials they keep running though. The song sounds terrible.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/21/09 at 10:08am

trombonist: Not bloody likely.

[whatever2]

Posted: 9/22/09 at 9:36pm

my partner and i were just listening to the OBC during dinner, and it struck us both (and you could not find two more different views on art and life, fwiw) how relevant and powerful the music and lyrics to this show remain.

I agree it will take time to find an audience, and I understand that commercial success on broadway has been reduced to a formula that is multiplied by a least common denominator, but ... truly: musicals rarely get better than this. given all that is swirling about us in the larger public discourse, this just might resonate enough to find commercial success.

We'll be there, in any event!

I can completely respect opinions contrary -- statistically, they're probably right ... all i can say in rebuttal is: LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!

[trombonist]

Posted: 9/22/09 at 9:40pm

whatever2, I completely agree.

[Oldschool]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:30am

They started rehearsals this week!

[tapfrog]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:44am

Stephanie Umoh as Sarah will be one to watch. She cut her teeth on professional roles in Boston regional theatres even as she was a student at Boston Conservatory, including playing Sarah at New Repertory Theatre a couple of years ago.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 11:47am

She's definitely the person I'm most excited to see!