new Ragtime logo — Page 2

My one issue is that Coalhouse sticks out like a sore thumb. It would be better if the quality of his image was toned down to look more antique, and he was place below the words, rather than above them, that way the eye wouldn't be distracted away from the title. Everything else looks lovely, though.

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Updated On: 8/13/09 at 03:28 PM

I like it, but... somethings off, can't quite place it.

What's with the gay flag theme, though?

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Now it looks like the Evita revival logo from London.

Mehhhh

i like it, but would have rather they had just used red, blue and a little purple. More patriotic, less......gay.

I would agree that it's too gay. You know it's an issue when people on a Broadway message board are pointing that out.

Oh goodness. I do not like it. At all.

As I keep looking at it, I keep trying to figure out where the brilliant idiots who came up with this logo got the idea from. I'm attempting to somehow connect this with the production I saw here in DC, and I'm just drawing a blank.

So many of my issues with this has already been said by others: the unneccessary rainbow, Coalhouse's Evita-esque pose, the fact that only Coalhouse is the one in the picture, when really, this logo should be representing the three racial/social groups that the actual musical is focused on... I could go on, but I'd rather not.

And further, I can't comprehend why people claim this is better than what they had at the Kennedy Center. KC's logo, I feel, did a much better job at capturing the setting of the show, and made it clear to audiences (who weren't already aware) that this is a period-piece. But, whatever. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions.

I guess it really doesn't matter. The Original production's logo trumps them all, the way I see it.

~Ash was here

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THIS logo piques your interest more than...


THIS one?! (Changes were made. It's not a rainbow)

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I honestly don't get the Rainbow concept.

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You'd think, especially given the new sense of optimism and patriotism the election of Obama brought to the country, that they'd play up the Americana angle a little.

This looks like an ad for a piano bar in Chelsea.

The final logo would definately look big if all the letters were the same size... And the designers went totally presidential including Coalhouse in the picture. It may not win the Best Revival, but at least it's politically correct XD

To accommodate you, Taz.

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Updated On: 8/14/09 at 02:15 PM