The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:52pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadways_RAGTIME_Launches_Website_Poster_Art_Revealed_20090826


IT'S UGLIER!!

[winston89]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:55pm

Why do I feel like this is the kind of art that would be used for a company like MTI who are producing it for schools etc rather then art that should be used for a Broadway production?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:57pm

I don't like it. It is way too busy with all the objects.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:00pm

I like it.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:01pm

I like it until all the stuff shoots out of Lady Liberty. Get rid of that crud and it'd work.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:02pm

winston, I agree. It seems very generic and non-specific in its vision for a Broadway production. Oh well. A major improvement, still.

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:04pm

It looks like it should be the poster for this year's BC/EFA Flea Market. Ah, well.

[Sauja]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:04pm

Am I the only one who finds it completely stunning? Can't wait!

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:07pm

It looks like the cover of one of those social studies books made for second graders to use for research for their "reports" that are a couple sentences. It reminds me of teachers I hated.

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:15pm

I actually love it.

[JP2]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:21pm

As an illustrator.. I like it a lot.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:22pm

It reminds me of a 1970's history textbook cover.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:23pm

I really, really like it.

[nmartin]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:23pm

Jon, we're thinking along the same lines. I was going to say that it looks like 70s pop art.

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:24pm

i love it too.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:25pm

I think it's great...

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:27pm

I like it until all the stuff shoots out of Lady Liberty. Get rid of that crud and it'd work.

- Agreed, lol.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:27pm

it's nice. I don't think the two elements go together, though. The type totally clashes with everything up top that's in shades of brown.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:28pm

It's slightly comfusing. I think I understand it. There's the whole "their time" and "our time" thing, and then some of the objects are mixed up on the other side with sneakers and headphones connected to what appears to be an mp3 player in "their time" and then "our time" has mostly objects of "their time". I think I get it, but it's very chaotic. I guess "their time" could also mean "our time" as if the characters in the show are calling it "theirs" meaning "ours". Is that too much?
Updated On: 8/26/09 at 05:28 PM

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:30pm

Love it.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:44pm

I really, really like it!

[Wildcard]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:53pm

As a designer, I do like how this poster looks. Not having seen the Washington production, I don't know how it relates to the specific Broadway production. I also like how they changed the colors of the main logo from rainbow to red & blue.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:06pm

All you have to do is have seen any production of Ragtime, read the book, or listened to the recording to get every reference on that poster. I don't think it's specific to the production. It's specific to the text.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:09pm

I don't like that font. It looks like those pictures you made when you were three, by dipping sponges cut into shapes into paint and then pressing them to paper.

[lynnetoomey]

Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:12pm

Wow. Stunning. SO original.