I Love Ragtime

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 4:20pm

I just wanted to start an I love Ragtime post. I am listening to the soundtrack right now. The music is so great. Especially Wheels Of A Dream and Your Daddy's Son.

[PennyLou]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 4:45pm

I saw Ragtime this summer at the local plays in the park and it was fantastic. I had heard the music before and I love US history and that is what made me go see it. My mom and I both enjoyed it very much. I can wait to get the chance to see it again.

[Dee]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 4:54pm

I'm currently singing "Your Daddy's Son" in my voice lessons. It's a beautiful song.

[bob8rich]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 4:59pm

I love Ragtime too! I saw the original production in Toronto in 1997 and caught it in Chicago in 1999. Then I saw the superb concer performance in the Cardiff International Festival of Musicals last year.

The score is just outstanding - full of soaring and lilting melodies and crisp, character defining lyrics. And - considering the monumental task of adapting E.L. Doctorow's massive novel into a 2 and a half hour show - Terrence McNally's book is superb.

I love all the songs - but if I had to choose just a few favorites, they would be:
WHEELS OF A DREAM, NEW MUSIC, BACK TO BEFORE, SARAH BROWN EYES,
HE WANTED TO SAY and OUR CHILDREN

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 6:11pm

Me, I personally hate that time of the month!!!

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 6:14pm

haaa

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 9:29pm

Your Daddy's Son became an instant favorite of mine the first time I heard it when I was a sophomore in high school. What REALLY upsets me more than anything, now that I'm in college and getting ready to graduate, is girls thinking that it is an appropriate song for auditions! Has anyone else run into this? This song is so emotional and race/age specific that it KILLS me when little white freshman girls in college (like I once was and I did this too!) come in a sing this song for auditions. Sorry! Just one of my pet peeves! :-P

[dotmarie]

Posted: 11/20/03 at 9:54pm

I love Ragtime. Beautiful score. "Back to Before" amazes me.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 12:22am

I have been talking about the show a lot recently, and rightfully so, because the show, to me, defines Broadway and Musical Theatre. It has a beautiful story, and outstanding score, comedy,and heartfelt touching moments. The score is awe-inspiring. Every time I listen to the CD, I am really blown away.

[RagtimeRay]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 7:35am

You'll get no argument from me about Ragtime. I listed to the complete 2 CD OCR yesterday. Great music, a broad sweeping story (one of the best books for a musical), and a story that is timely in its themes, even though it is set in the Ragtime era.

[A_Boy_From_Oz]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 9:05am

I had the privledge of seeing the original cast on broadway from the first row mezz. It totally blew me away. I later saw the show in chicago(the one with Hinton Battle). Loved that one too, but nothing compares to the OBC.

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 4:09pm

i felt nothing.

[MaxHolmes]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 3:03am

In certain circles, you have to duck and cover when you proclaim your love for Ragtime, but for me it remains the most emotionally and politically powerful of all musicals. I saw it in LA prior to the Broadway run, then twice on Broadway. "New Music" contains one of the most saoringly romanic moments I've ever seen ("Sarah come down to me") and Brian Stokes Mitchell was brilliant. (I also saw his replacement, an incredibly beautiful man named Something Something White. He was excellent; what ever happened to him? Did EVERYBODY forget his name?) "Your Daddy's Son" is one of the most emotionally wrenching numbers ever written, and it's a testament to the writers that it works beautifully in what is essentially an impossible moment -- to make us love a woman who buried her child alive. I know it is the obligation of everyone on earth to worship Audra, but La'Shanz (sorry, spelled wrong) kicked her ass. What was that thread about replacements better than the original? OH, yes. MUCH superior.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 10:13am

Ragtime was the last, great American musical

Another stand out number was "Make Them Hear You". Saw it with the original Broadway cast.Hearing brian Stokes Mitchell sing it was magic. I heard a story that Broadway on Line had a chance to record Ragtime or Putting it Together & opted for the latter. If true, all I can say is "Oy Vey" & I ain't even Jewish. My wife is so I guess it still counts

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 10:41am

Personally, I love "Back To Before". It's very moving and stands up for woman's rights.

[marincrazy11]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 2:32pm

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! You all just made my day!!!! I LOVE Ragtime!!!!! I first heard Your Daddys Son my sophomore year of high school and fell in love instantly! As you can probably tell I love Marin Mazzie, and I would have to claim my fav songs as Back To Before, Our Children, New Music, Make Them Hear You, and Nothing Like The City. Finally some praise for this beautiful musical. Wow! I'm so happy now! It's such a beautiful score and show and it makes me sad that it hasn't been more praised and recognized! Go Ragtime!

[StageDoor]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 4:47pm

Ahhhh, Ragtime... Perhaps the richest collection of voices ever to grace the stage...