Ragtime question (What a Game)

They had a trick glove. The ball was actually hidden inside of it and popped "out" appearing to be caught in the center of it. The chorus went into "slow motion" right before that.

It was fun and very effective.

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I've always thought that song should have occurred later in ACt II, when the show gets really heavy.

the way our school did it, we had everyone in the stands just "look" at a ball flying towards them, and their heads suddenly go to the boy's glove as if there actually was a ball in the air and fell into his glove. It looks very real.

I played Father a little while ago...our Little Boy just mimed catching it...not quite as neat

If anything I think "What A Game" happens to late in Act II. I think the song is much more of an Act I or very early Act II song.

I love this song. I love the placement, I think it's perfect. Actually, not gonna lie, I love everything about this show.

I think that it's a great number to have towards the middle of Act II. You can see that things are starting to spiral out of control and Father is trying to diffuse the tension and cling to his fading Victorian idealism. It's amazing comic relief, and yet a profound statement about the changing tides of society.

Placing it further into Act II would've really interfered with the pacing (and timeline) of the show. And it's not as though it's all powerful ballads from that point on--there are still "Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc." and "Atlantic City," which are rather lighthearted numbers. I agree that both acts get darker as they go along and build to great climaxes.

Updated On: 11/13/05 at 11:09 PM