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Eric Jordan Young - ensemble in the original production of Ragtime, Booker T. Washington in the revival.

It took me 45 minutes, and I was about to throw in the towel as the transactions wouldn't go through.

I tried on my phone and through the Telecharge site.  Twice I had tickets in my cart for the final performance.  I got all the way through to the "triple check" and then got a message it couldn't process the transaction.  After a few more tries, I finally got tickets through the site only to find out one of my earlier transactions went through!  Telecharge very easily corrected the error.

Carousel's numbers are good. Still surprised a cast recording hasn't been announced.

When was this originally recorded?  I saw her at Strathmore in 2013, and she sang some of the same songs, but I don't think it was everything she sang last night.

I'm hoping a cast recording gets made as well.

Bummer.  Guess I should put my hopes of a Vanessa Williams and Brian Stokes Mitchell pairing aside.

I'm speculating that since August 25th is a Saturday, that they'll resort to their 7 performance show schedule and no Donna Murphy (who I gladly would have made the trip to see again in the role).

I think if a new Christine were to join the cast that it would have been announced. Ali is still on the website, and Ben Crawford has been added.

The rights to the R&H catalog are no longer owned by the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate, hence they were able to get away with these ridiculous cuts.  Someone mentioned in the Carousel preview thread who owns the rights now.

SonofRobbieJ, I was shocked when Julie didn't react to the knife in Billy's pocket.  I've done this show before, and a lot of the nuances were gone from this production.

Mrs. Mullins was in Billy's death scene when I saw the show on March 24th.  I thought the same thing after Billy slit his throat.

Let's just keep Jack O'Brien away from the Broadway classics.  His cuts were absolutely disrespectful to the material.

I have seen Hairspray numerous times in terms of Broadway, tour, and regional productions. I have yet to see Kinky Boots.

Dame, I'm very curious to read what you have to say.

This has been happening for ages.  I recall this happening when I saw Annie in 1978.  As a kid, I kept thinking, why is everyone talking while the orchestra is playing?!

Instead of focusing on things that should be fixed, it looks like Jack O'Brien is just making things worse!

Thanks for the update, ND_2000.  Act One definitely did not end with Soliloquy when I saw it on Saturday.

^Thank you!  I'm sure she'll become funnier as time goes on.  She was a hoot in Cry Baby.

I, too, am very much surprised the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization allowed those songs to be cut.

Any word on Ally Mauzey as Ernestina?