Roundabout's TIN PAN ALLEY RAG Featured In The Wall Street Journal

Roundabout Theater Company's TIN PAN ALLEY RAG has been featured in the Wall Street Journal Life and Style section. The article is titled 'THE ENTERTAINERS' and is written by Gwen Orel. 

"The new musical "Tin Pan Alley Rag," imagines a meeting in 1915 that could have taken place between African-American composer Scott Joplin and Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin. The show, written by Mark Saltzman, opened at the Laura Pels Theater at the Roundabout in New York City this week.

Irving Berlin, born Israel Baline, could not read music. Scott Joplin, son of a slave, had a college education. They shared respect, as well as sorrow--both men had lost their wives. But where Berlin was a genius of music and of marketing, Joplin was only one of music, says Mr. Saltzman, whose first professional job on Broadway was as an audition pianist."

The article goes on to discuss the play as well as Berlin and Joplin. To read the complete article click: here

The score for The Tin Pan Alley Rag includes such classic songs as Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano", "Play a Simple Melody", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" & "The Entertainer", among others.

The Roundabout Theatre Company production is presented in association with Rodger Hess Productions, Inc. The Tin Pan Alley Rag was most recently seen in January 2006, at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, FL.

Roundabout Theatre Company's 2009-2010 season includes Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie, starring Sienna Miller, directed by Mark Brokaw; Michael Stewart, Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's Bye Bye Birdie, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom; Mark Saltzman, Irving Berlin & Scott Joplin's The Tin Pan Alley Rag, directed by Stafford Arima; Noël Coward's Present Laughter starring Victor Garber, directed by Nicholas Martin.

For more information and tickets to Tin Pan Alley Rag visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.