RAGTIME SCHOOL EDITION at CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST

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strongRAGTIME SCHOOL EDITION/strong has become not only a favorite of schools across the country, but a valuable teaching tool with which educators can discuss such issues as class and prejudice, social conditions, immigration and the history of America itself. In this version, vocals are slightly rearranged for student voices.pa href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000228"strongRAGTIME/strong/a is not only a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century st1:country-region w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"America/st1:place/st1:country-region, but a relevant tale for today. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of a href="http://mtishows.com/biography.asp?writerid=3479"Stephen Flaherty/a and a href="http://mtishows.com/biography.asp?writerid=3399"Lynn Ahrens/a (a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000049"strong/strong/aa href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000150"strong/strong/aa href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000135"strongONCE ON THIS ISLAND/strong/a,span style="text-decoration: underline;"span style="font-weight: bold;" /span/spanstronga href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000229"SEUSSICAL/a /strongand a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000049"strongLUCKY STIFF/strong/a), noted playwright a href="http://www.mtishows.com/biography.asp?writerid=3487"Terrence McNally/a, (span style="font-weight: bold;"KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN/span, span style="font-weight: bold;"MASTER CLASS/span), and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, the musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America./ppCalled by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical won 1998 Tony Awards for Best S