Ragtime Transfer

[UWS10023]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:33pm

There has been some chatter lately that the NY City Center production of Ragtime directed by Lear deBessonet,  could be transferring to the Vivian Beaumont theatre this coming fall. From what I know it sounds like it will probably happen. It most certainly could run for a while and receive multiple Tony nominations.

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:38pm

I'd love Ragtime to be on Broadway again but I hope the design elements get huge upgrades for the transfer.

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:38pm

I highly doubt it. The last revival flopped, and there’s no reason to believe this one will do any better. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:42pm

Let’s be real, Joshua Henry’s Tony has been engraved since he was cast in the Encores production last May. 

And apparently there will be a full production value, not another concert staging. 

[UWS10023]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:48pm

It sort of clocks because Lear is the new artistic director of Lincoln Center Theatre.

Updated On: 3/31/25 at 08:48 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 8:58pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Let’s be real, Joshua Henry’s Tony has been engraved since he was cast in the Encores production last May.

And apparently there will be a full production value, not another concert staging."

I NEED THIS TO HAPPEN AND HE NEEDS TO FINALLY WIN HIS TONY OMFG. 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 9:17pm

Oh goody. We can witness the same conversations about this potential transfer in a new thread.

[UWS10023]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 9:30pm

SteveSanders said: "Oh goody. We can witness the same conversations about this potential transfer in a new thread."

I’m pretty sure this is beyond a potential transfer Steve.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 4:12am

Keep Henry and Uranowitz.   Please lose deBessonett, concert version or not.  Give us a more capable director or directors to pull off a first class production. 

[Kimbo]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 4:26am

CoffeeBreak said: "Keep Henry and Uranowitz. Please lose deBessonett, concert version or not. Give us a more capable director or directors to pull off a first class production."

Oh sure- the new incoming artistic director of Lincoln Center Theatre, who has chosen this to be the first major production of her new tenure, after getting almost entirely rave reviews for it when she was artistic director of Encores (and after also having a gigantic hit with the Broadway transfer of her Into the Woods two years earlier), is going to keep the cast but replace herself when this moves. That’s EXACTLY what’s going to happen. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 4:59am

Updated On: 4/1/25 at 04:59 AM

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 5:49am

Can we get Dear World at the Newhouse while we’re at it? 

[binau]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 6:55am

It’s always hard to tell from the audience POV but listening to actors and directors speak over the year it would be unwise to assume that the only good thing about Ragtime is the performances and not the direction. Directors appear to have all different styles but there are some strong directors that very much shape the actors’ performances. For example, Alice Ripley described Michael Greif working incredibly closely with her to tune the details of her performance to make it ‘perfect’. She did not take credit for all the ideas. 
 

You can also look at experiments to see the effect of director - for example, look at Patti LuPone’s Mrs Lovett by Lonny Price vs John Doyle. They were completely and utterly different. 
 

Therefore I think it would be unfair to dismiss the director of Ragtime because of the staging. For all we know the performances achieved what they did because of her. And if you look at the ‘into the woods’ production there were also some amazing performances too. It could be a coincidence but it may not be. 

Updated On: 4/1/25 at 06:55 AM

[goodtimes123]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:38am

Curious about casting for this, if it is indeed happening since Caissie Levy I assume is tied to Lost Boys...

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 12:03pm

Ragtime was a fine musical to see at Encores but not sure how much widespread appeal it has. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 12:05pm

goodtimes123 said: "Curious about casting for this, if it is indeed happening since Caissie Levy I assume is tied to Lost Boys..."

I'd be perfectly fine if Levy was replaced.

[UWS10023]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 3:41pm

I scooped this on April first. Why are people starting new threads a week later?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 5:15pm

It's not a new thread, it was started 3/31 BY YOU and just added to.

Updated On: 4/9/25 at 05:15 PM