Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
#1Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:33pmI remember back in the day there was an article about how Garth Drabinsky auditioned composers to find the right fit for the show. I also know that Ahrens & Flaherty won the audition (and the chance to create the music for the show) by composing the opening number and also the song Gliding. My question is this: Does anyone know who else might have been up for that audition and what they may or may not have presented? I always thought that Jason Robert Brown's Parade was his "Ragtime" and I wonder what he could have done with Ragtime. Anyone know? Thanks!
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Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#2Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:55pmI do know both Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lippa auditioned for it -- not sure who else. They loved Jason Robert Brown but did not feel he was right for that particular show. Through that, however, a few doors opened and he picked up the PARADE job (partly because of it).
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 6:08pmDid Adam Guettel audition? I thought somewhere I heard he had.
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#3Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 7:17pmMaltby and Shire submitted a demo
#4Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 7:18pmJRB posted his Ragtime audition song to his blog a while back, but I'm not sure how to find it now. There doesn't seem to be a search function, but if you want to scroll through each month's entries you should find it! It's called "Something Like Home".
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#5Ragtime (The composers who didn't get the job)
Posted: 11/6/13 at 8:54pmMichael John LaChiusa was one of them.
