Ragtime at the New Rep

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Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/2/06 at 12:08pm

Did anyone see this? how was it?

Stop worrying if your vision is new. Let others make that decision- They usually do. You keep moving on. Anything you do, Let it come from you. Then it will be new. Give us more to see... ~Sunday In the Park with George

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:37pm

Fantastic! I'll be posting my review in a couple of days.

jmn

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:42pm

jpm,

Hurry, hurry, hurry with your review!

I have been so excited for this show. I have my tickets for this Saturday night and I'm about to go crazy with impatience.

"The sense that everything's going right is a sure sense that everything's going wrong." -The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:06am

I CANT WAIT FOR THIS REVIEW!

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/3/06 at 4:52pm

I'm working on it.

jmn

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/6/06 at 2:51pm

Okay, folks. My review of RAGTIME is up here on the Boston/New England page. It will be fun to read your reviews after you have seen the show. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

jmn

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/7/06 at 1:06am

Just saw the production, and it is indeed fantastic. I don't have anything much to add to all the reviews, because they say most of what I thought.

The women definitely stand out as being stronger singers than the men, but it doesn't matter much. Some of the reviews mentioned the set's constant movement being distracting. If anyone's seen the 1979 version of Sweeney Todd, it kind of reminds me of that. Pieces being moved around by the actors that have an industrial feel. I actually thought that added to the constant changing of the times, plus the fact that assembly lines/factories were all over, the set fits well. The only distracting part is the slides. They're helpful additives to the show, but frankly, I just stopped paying attention to them.

"The sense that everything's going right is a sure sense that everything's going wrong." -The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/7/06 at 11:54am

crzyrocket,

I agree with you about the sets. I thought they worked well for the very reasons you stated. I didn't find the slides distracting, since I was able to catch them out of the corner of my eye. For me, they added depth without drawing my focus. They seemed to change with the scenes, not during important character moments, so they weren't disruptive. I particularly liked how the house in New Rochelle kept changing to reflect what was going on inside among the family members. Very nice touch.

jmn

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:34pm

I was sitting dead center, fourth row, and the only way I could see the slides was actually to turn to my left/right and quickly glance at them. I think if I were sitting farther away, the slides would have been not as distracting to me.

"The sense that everything's going right is a sure sense that everything's going wrong." -The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

#10

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 5/12/06 at 3:10pm

It was absolutely phenomenal. LOVED it. Go see it if you get a chance..

#11

re: Ragtime at the New Rep

Posted: 11/24/06 at 9:58pm

Is anyone else obsessed with this show, it is my favorate Musical, and i cannot get enought of it! I wihs i got the chance to see it then.

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

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