Musical (1996)


Musique: Stephen Flaherty
Paroles: Lynn Ahrens
Livret: Terrence MacNally
Production à la création:

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Ragtime (2011-09-Landor Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Landor Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : jeudi 01 septembre 2011
Première : mardi 06 septembre 2011
Dernière : samedi 08 octobre 2011
Mise en scène : Robert McWhir
Chorégraphie : Matthew Gould
Producteur :
Avec : Louise Lydell (Mother), John Barr (Tateh), Alexander Evans (Father), Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse), Rosalind James (Sarah), Leo Miles (Henry Ford), Craig Rhys Barlow (Houdini), Mitchell Mullen (JP Morgan), Judith Paris (Emma Goldman), Hollie O’Donoghue (Evelyn Nesbit), Graham Hoadly, Patsy Blower
Commentaires : This was a much-praised and powerful revival - once again proving that many “big-scale” musicals can be adapted into smaller spaces without losing any impact, though, of course, several critics pointed out that the lack of a full orchestra does represent a considerable loss.

Set in the turn-of-the-20th century America, RAGTIME is the epric story of three very different families whose lives become dramatically intertwined . Chronicles of the journeys of a black man, a Jewish immigrant and an upper class family as they struggle to find their places in a rapidly changing America.

Synopsis complet


Original Broadway production
The musical had its world premiere in Toronto, where it opened at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts (later renamed the Toronto Centre for the Arts) on December 8, 1996, the brainchild of Canadian impresario Garth Drabinsky and his Livent Inc., the Toronto-production company he headed. The show had a pre-Broadway tryout in Los Angeles before opening on Broadway on January 18, 1998 as the first production in the newly renovated Ford Center for the Performing Arts (since renamed the Hilton Theatre, and now the Foxwoods Theatre). Directed by Frank Galati and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, Ragtime ran for two years, closing on January 16, 2000, after 834 performances. The original cast included Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman and Audra McDonald, who were all nominated for Tony Awards, and also included Judy Kaye, Mark Jacoby and Lea Michele.

The production received mixed reviews, many critics noting that the dazzling production (with an $11 million budget, including fireworks and a working Model T automobile) overshadowed problems in the script. Ben Brantley's review in the New York Times was headlined "A diorama with nostalgia rampant." It led the 1998 Tony Awards with thirteen Tony Award nominations, but the Disney's The Lion King won as Best Musical. The musical won awards for Best Featured Actress (McDonald), Original Score, Book, and Orchestrations. According to The New York Times, "The chief competition for The Lion King was Ragtime, a lavish musical." The New York Times also noted that "The season was an artistic success as well, creating one of the most competitive Tony contests in years, with a battle in almost every category capped by the titanic struggle for the best musical award between Ragtime with 13 nominations and The Lion King with 11." The Broadway production was not financially successful, and some Broadway insiders consider its lavish production to have been the financial "undoing" of Livent.

2003 West End production
Following its European premiere in a concert performance at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre in 2002 (Which was later telecast on BBC Four), the musical was produced in the West End, London, by Sonia Friedman at the Piccadilly Theatre from 19 March 2003 - 14 June 2003. This production starred Maria Friedman in the role of Mother, for which she won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

2009 Broadway revival
A new production opened at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, on April 18, 2009, and ran through May 17, 2009, with direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. The production then moved to Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, with previews beganning on October 23, 2009 and the show officially opened on November 15, 2009. The cast featured Stephanie Umoh (Sarah), Quentin Earl Darrington (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Christiane Noll (Mother), Robert Petkoff (Tateh), Bobby Steggert (Younger Brother), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman) and Ron Bohmer (Father). The production was directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. This was the first Broadway revival of the musical and the first Broadway revival of any 1990s musical. The production opened to critical acclaim but closed on January 10, 2010 after 28 previews and 65 performances. This production had a large cast and orchestra, resulting in a significant weekly running cost that demanded the show be a popular success in order to prove financially worthwhile. "There had been rumors in recent weeks that the show would not be able to survive into early 2010; there was apparently not enough of an advance sale to encourage the producers." Despite the closing, the production received seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival of Musical, Best Direction, Best Actress in Musical, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. One nomination, for Costume Design, was withdrawn.


Act I
Prologue: Ragtime – Company
"Goodbye, My Love" – Mother
"Journey On" – Tateh, Mother and Father
"The Crime of the Century" ‡ – Evelyn Nesbit and Company
"What Kind of Woman" – Mother
"A Shtetl iz Amereke" – Company
"Success" – Tateh, J.P. Morgan, Harry Houdini and Company
"His Name Was Coalhouse Walker" – Coalhouse and Company
"Gettin' Ready Rag" – Coalhouse and Company
"Henry Ford" ‡ – Henry Ford, Coalhouse and Company
"Nothing Like the City" – Tateh, Little Girl, Mother and Little Boy
"Your Daddy's Son" – Sarah
"The Courtship" – Mother and Company
"New Music" – Mother, Father, Younger Brother, Coalhouse and Sarah
"Wheels of a Dream" – Coalhouse and Sarah
"The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square" ‡ – Emma Goldman, Younger Brother and Company
"Gliding" – Tateh
"The Trashing of the Car" – Orchestra
"Justice" – Coalhouse and Company
"President" – Sarah
"Till We Reach That Day" – Company

Act II
Entr'acte – Orchestra
"Harry Houdini, Master Escapist" ≠ – Harry Houdini and Little Boy
"Coalhouse's Soliloquy" – Coalhouse
"Coalhouse Demands" – Booker T. Washington and Company
"What a Game" – Father, Little Boy and Company
"Fire in the City" – Orchestra
"Atlantic City" ‡ – Company
"Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc." – Tateh
"Our Children" – Mother and Tateh
"Harlem Nightclub" – Orchestra
"Sarah Brown Eyes" – Coalhouse and Sarah
"He Wanted to Say" ‡ – Younger Brother, Emma Goldman and Company
"Back to Before" – Mother
"Look What You've Done" – Booker T Washington and Company
"Make Them Hear You" – Coalhouse
Epilogue: Ragtime / "Wheels of a Dream" (reprise) – Coalhouse, Sarah and Company

‡ shortened in the 2009 revival
≠ excised from the 2009 revival

Father
Mother
Mother's Younger Brother
Grandfather
Little Boy (Edgar)

Tateh
Little Girl

Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
Sarah

Evelyn Nesbit*
Harry Houdini*
Henry Ford*
Sarah's Friend
J.P. Morgan*
Booker T. Washington*
Willy Conklin
Emma Goldman*
Stanford White*
Harry K. Thaw*
Robert Peary*

*Historical Characters

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Instrumentation
Ragtime requires a large instrumentation of around 20 or so people. The original Broadway production had twenty-six musicians. The instrumentation requires three keyboards, a bass player, drums and percussion (with drums doubling on the second percussion part), banjo doubling on guitars, two trumpets, two horns, trombone and bass trombone, tuba, four woodwind players, and strings. The first woodwind player doubles on flute and piccolo, second woodwind player doubles English horn and oboe, third on B-flat and E-flat clarinet, and fourth on bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, and soprano sax. The first trumpet part also doubles on flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet. In the original West End production, the fourth woodwind part and bass trombone parts were removed. The 2009 revival switched the doublings for the second and fourth woodwind parts. The fourth woodwind part in the original Broadway production had doublings for flute, bass clarinet, soprano sax, and alto sax.


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Ragtime (1996-12-Ford Center for the Performing Arts-Toronto)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Toronto - Canada)
Durée :
Nombre :
Première Preview : dimanche 08 décembre 1996
Première : dimanche 08 décembre 1996
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène :
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Commentaires longs: The musical had its world premiere in Toronto, where it opened at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts (later renamed the Toronto Centre for the Arts) on December 8, 1996, the brainchild of Canadian impresario Garth Drabinsky and his Livent Inc., the Toronto-production company he headed. (Within a year of Ragtime 's Broadway opening, Livent would go bankrupt, and Drabinsky would later be convicted of fraud for activities related to his operation of the company). The show had a pre-Broadway tryout in Los Angeles before opening on Broadway on January 18, 1998 as the first production in the newly renovated Ford Center for the Performing Arts (since renamed the Hilton Theatre).

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Ragtime (1998-01-Hilton Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original Broadway
Théâtre: Lyric Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 an 12 mois
Nombre : 27 previews - 834 représentations
Première Preview : vendredi 26 décembre 1997
Première : dimanche 18 janvier 1998
Dernière : dimanche 16 janvier 2000
Mise en scène : Frank Galati
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Commentaires longs: Directed by Frank Galati and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, Ragtime ran for two years, closing on January 16, 2000, after 834 performances. It was not financially successful, and some Broadway insiders consider its lavish production to have been the financial "undoing" of Livent.[1]

The original cast included Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman and Audra McDonald, who were all nominated for Tony Awards, as well as Judy Kaye, Mark Jacoby, Orgena Rose and Lea Michele.

Ragtime received mixed reviews, many critics noting that the dazzling production (with an $11 million budget, including fireworks and a working Model T automobile) overshadowed problems in the script. Ben Brantley's review in the New York Times was headlined "A diorama with nostalgia rampant." Nonetheless, it led the Tony Awards with 13 Tony Award nominations in 1998, and was considered the front runner for the coveted Tony Award for Best Musical; however, Disney's The Lion King won the category. The musical won awards for Best Featured Actress (McDonald), Original Score, Book, and Orchestrations.

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Ragtime (2002-08-Century II Convention Center Concert Hall-Witchita)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Century II Convention Center Concert Hall (Wichita - Etats-Unis)
Durée :
Nombre :
Première Preview : mercredi 07 août 2002
Première : mercredi 07 août 2002
Dernière : dimanche 11 août 2002
Mise en scène : ???? ????
Chorégraphie : ???? ????
Producteur :

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Ragtime (2003-03-Piccadilly Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original London
Théâtre: Piccadilly Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)

Durée : 2 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 101 représentations
Première Preview : samedi 08 mars 2003
Première : mercredi 19 mars 2003
Dernière : samedi 14 juin 2003
Mise en scène : Stafford Arima
Chorégraphie : Candace Jennings
Producteur :
Avec : Maria Friedman (Mother),Graham Bickley (Tateh), Dave Willetts (Father), Kevyn Morrow (Coalhouse), Emma Jay Thomas (Sarah), Iain Davey (Henry Ford), Samuel James (Houdini), Mark McKerracher (JP Morgan), Susie McKenna (Emma Goldman), Rebecca Thornhill
(Evelyn Nesbit)
Commentaires : Based on the novel by E.L.Doctorow, this show opened in Toronto in 1966, and was re-staged the following year in Los Angeles. In January 1998 the show was given its Broadway production at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in a cast that included Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie and Audra McDonald. It ran for 861 performances, winning many major awards, but closed suddenly in January 2000 when the producers were declared bankrupt. The London production, though highly praised, did not succeed, closing after just 101 performances.
Presse : NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "The score...rarely compels ear or heart." He goes on to say, "Maria Friedman...sings with a rich, sinuous virtuosity."

BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, " Brisk, pacey, tuneful..touching."

MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Packs a considerable emotional punch."

CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A show blessed with real heart, great songs and superb performances."

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Ragtime (2005-06-Paper Mill Playhouse-Milburn)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : mercredi 08 juin 2005
Première : mercredi 08 juin 2005
Dernière : dimanche 17 juillet 2005
Mise en scène : Stafford Arima
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :

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Ragtime (2009-04-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-Washington)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 4 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 18 avril 2009
Première : samedi 18 avril 2009
Dernière : dimanche 17 mai 2009
Mise en scène : Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Chorégraphie : Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Producteur :

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Ragtime (2009-11-Neil Simon Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 28 previews - 65 représentations
Première Preview : vendredi 23 octobre 2009
Première : dimanche 15 novembre 2009
Dernière : dimanche 10 janvier 2010
Mise en scène : Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Chorégraphie : Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Producteur :
Commentaires longs: The Ragtime (2009-11-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-Washington) production moved to Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. Previews began October 23, 2009 and the show officially opened on November 15, 2009. The cast featured Stephanie Umoh (Sarah), Quentin Earl Darrington (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Christiane Noll (Mother), Robert Petkoff (Tateh), Bobby Steggert (Younger Brother), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman) and Ron Bohmer (Father). The production was directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. This was the first Broadway revival of the musical and the first Broadway revival of any 1990s musical. Ragtime opened to critical acclaim. The production closed on January 10, 2010 after 28 previews and 65 performances. This production had a large cast and orchestra, resulting in a significant weekly running cost that demanded the show be a popular success in order to prove financialy worthwhile. "There had been rumors in recent weeks that the show would not be able to survive into early 2010; there was apparently not enough of an advance sale to encourage the producers." [2] Despite the closing, the production has received seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival of Musical, Best Direction, Best Actress in Musical, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. One nomination, for Costume Design, was withdrawn

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Ragtime (2011-09-Landor Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Landor Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : jeudi 01 septembre 2011
Première : mardi 06 septembre 2011
Dernière : samedi 08 octobre 2011
Mise en scène : Robert McWhir
Chorégraphie : Matthew Gould
Producteur :
Avec : Louise Lydell (Mother), John Barr (Tateh), Alexander Evans (Father), Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse), Rosalind James (Sarah), Leo Miles (Henry Ford), Craig Rhys Barlow (Houdini), Mitchell Mullen (JP Morgan), Judith Paris (Emma Goldman), Hollie O’Donoghue (Evelyn Nesbit), Graham Hoadly, Patsy Blower
Commentaires : This was a much-praised and powerful revival - once again proving that many “big-scale” musicals can be adapted into smaller spaces without losing any impact, though, of course, several critics pointed out that the lack of a full orchestra does represent a considerable loss.

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Ragtime (2012-05-Open Air Theatre Regent's Park-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 3 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 10 previews - 52 représentations
Première Preview : vendredi 18 mai 2012
Première : lundi 28 mai 2012
Dernière : samedi 08 septembre 2012
Mise en scène : Timothy Sheader
Chorégraphie : Javier De Frutos
Producteur :
Avec : Ensemble - Jamal Andreas
Harry Houdini - Stephane Anelli
Little Boy - Fin Banks
Coalhouse Walker - Rolan Bell
Father - David Birrell
Ensemble - Louise Bowden
Evelyn Nesbit - Katie Brayben
Little Girl - Lily Burgering
Emma Goldman - Tamsin Carroll
J. P. Morgan - Anthony Clegg
Mother - Rosalie Craig
Little Boy - Rory Fraser
Ensemble - Hayley Gallivan
Ensemble - Shimi Goodman
Little Boy - Ewan Harris
Little Girl - Lila Heller
Younger Brother - Harry Hepple
Ensemble - Waylon Jacobs
Ensemble - Kurt Kansley
Sarah - Claudia Kariuki
Willie Conklin - Joshua Lacey
Ensemble Mireia - Mambo-Bokele
Tateh John - Marquez
Ensemble - Sandra Marvin
Booker T. Washington - Sophia Nomvete
Little Girl - Oriana Pooles
Ensemble - Corinna Powlesland
Ensemble - Caroline Rovina
Henry Ford - Carl Sanderson
Grandfather - Jo Servi
Ensemble - Lucy St Louis
Ensemble - Tom Woods
Presse : Metro
***** “three-time Olivier winner Timothy Sheader has raised the artistic bar...Ragtime is the most ambitious production yet” “an impressive spectacle”

Daily Mail
***** “UPLIFTING” Stephen Flaherty's score matches the energy of the new America with the ragtime music of the period, swelling into gospel and climaxing in misty-eyed anthems"

Financial Times
***** “with show-stopping numbers and a Houdini escapology act, this is a production that matches its material in scope and audacity”

Guardian
***** “It is staged with all the brilliance you’d expect of a man who has won the Olivier award for best musical revival three years running”

Daily Telegraph
***** “Sheader’s coup is to combine the period setting with a prologue set in a junkyard in present day America...the working crane dominates Jon Bausor’s striking design”

Evening Standard
***** “VISUALLY IMPOSING” “Especially impressive is the radiant Rosalie Craig, who is surely a star in the making”

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Ragtime (2016-10-Charing Cross Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Charing Cross Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 08 octobre 2016
Première : samedi 08 octobre 2016
Dernière : samedi 10 décembre 2016
Mise en scène : Thom Southerland
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Earl Carpenter, Anita Louise Combe, Simon Anthony, Bernadette Bangura, Anthony Cable, Cavin Cornwall, Valerie Cutko, Matt Devereaux, Christopher Dickins, Tom Giles, Joanna Hickman, Lemuel Knights, Rachel Knowles, Ako Mitchell, Seyi Omooba, Kate Robson-Stuart, Jennifer Saayeng, Jonathan Stewart, Gary Tushaw and child actors Alana Hinge, Samuel Peterson, Ethan Quinn, Riya Vyas.

L'original Broadway Cast aux Tony Awards

Ragtime (1998-01-Hilton Theatre-Broadway)

Qualité: *** Intérêt: ***
Langue:
Anglais Durée: 00:04:15


Extraits

Ragtime (2009-11-Neil Simon Theatre-Broadway)

Reportage publicitaire avec de nombreux extraits

Qualité: **** Intérêt: ***
Langue:
Anglais Durée: 00:02:01


Trailer

Ragtime (2012-05-Open Air Theatre Regent's Park-London)

Trailer de cette très belle version du musical en plein air

Qualité: ***** Intérêt: ***
Langue:
Anglais Durée: 00:01:13