Ragtime Opening

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@chookaschookas444 6 жыл бұрын

Why, oh why, has this show never taken the world by storm? This amazing opening number is such a thrilling experience, and the rest of the show matches it. It is such a huge company that opera companies will probably never afford to mount it, and the music requires that level of singing. It is disappointing to me that rubbish shows (and I won't name them to avoid a flame war) succeed, and Ragtime effectively vanished. And no, I am not American. I am from New Zealand, but had the pleasure of seeing the show at Diamond Head Theatre in Hawaii of all places. It was stunning!

@NYCJosh 5 жыл бұрын

Chookas Chookas because after an amazing opening number; the show becomes one power ballad after another.

@detectivefiction3701 3 жыл бұрын

Opera companies could never afford to mount it? They mount large and expensive productions all the time! This is nothing compared to Puccini's TURANDOT for example. I don't know about "taken the world by storm," but RAGTIME is quite a popular show in the US; it hasn't "effectively vanished." I was in college when it opened on Broadway, and I knew about it, though I was never able to get to New York to see it (I lived five hours south of NYC). As a violinist, my brother was in the orchestra pit for a university production of RAGTIME circa 2007, and circa 2016 Ford's Theatre here in Washington, DC mounted a memorable production of the show.

@detectivefiction3701 3 жыл бұрын

@@NYCJosh What do you mean "one power ballad after another"? The score isn't exclusively or even mostly ballads. I agree it's something of an episodic show, as musicals based on epic novels tend to be. I also think the reason RAGTIME doesn't stand out more is that it has the look and sometimes the sound of several other musicals that are classics: SHOW BOAT, PORGY AND BESS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS all come to mind.

@anhw3303 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen the original in Toronto, LA, and Broadway. I have to say how impressed I am with this local production!

@NYCJosh 5 жыл бұрын

An Hw they duplicated the broadway production. Basically stole the intellectual property of Graciela Daniele.

@detectivefiction3701 3 жыл бұрын

How do you know they didn't credit her in the program?

@Mike-nt9sx 2 жыл бұрын

@@NYCJosh cheer up brother

@1868foxpoint 2 жыл бұрын

Saw the pre Broadway production in Toronto and subsequent productions in New York and London and this is on a par-brilliant-well done- Ragtime enjoys the most dramatic opening of any musical I’ve seen in 60 years of theatre going!

@fundifferent1 4 жыл бұрын

This was very well done. Kudos to the choreographer and director.

@cattyditty 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! The staging, choreography, and acting are all PERFECTION, best I've seen! Love it!!!!!

@jlmww 2 жыл бұрын

In theatre history, no one has had a better than entrance than Harry Houdini here.

@sophisticatedmm3632 6 жыл бұрын

my favorite musical of all time

@petradonovan5161 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Great voices,choreography,staging,set, musicianship, in fact everything!!!!

@eleesiasportraits6114 4 жыл бұрын

wow! that was so well done! amazing!

@lenahehe565 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve always loved this Musical ever since my middle school musical took all of us to see it

@ilovemyloan 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Don't know who the director/choreographer was on this, but kudos to him/her. I've seen multiple productions of this show as well, and this is VERY well done!

@BestOfElonMT 3 жыл бұрын

Directed by Catherine McNeela; Choreographed by Lynne Kurdziel-Formato; Music Director/Conducted by Richard Church

@ilovemyloan 3 жыл бұрын

@@BestOfElonMT Thanks for the info. And congratulations to all three, they should be extremely proud. I only wish that I could see the rest of this production. Based on the opening number, I'm sure that it was incredible.