Valisia LeKae (Sarah), Max Quinlan (Brother), Stef Tovar (Houdini) and Summer Naomi Smart (Evelyn Nesbit) each made major contributions to the show.
Flaherty’s score is rich in power anthems that evoke the emotions, the pains and the dreams of people struggling to be part of America.ĭirector/choreographer Rachel Rockwell has assembled a cast of 33 (with mostly Equity actors) that features “A” list talents lead by Larry Adams (Father), Cory Goodrich (Mother), Mark David Kaplan (Tateh) with excellent work from the commanding Quentin Earl Darrington as Coalhouse Walker Jr. With over 30 songs, Ragtime is a modern operetta from three points of view all meshing into a cohesive whole. Lynn Ahrens’ lyrics are meaningful and resonating. Tony award winning score by Stephan Flaherty has a fine mixture of ragtime, vaudeville and early jazz together with lofty ballads, a touch of gospel, Eastern European Jewish flavors, a hint of Joplin and stirring anthems aptly moving the story along. Doctorow’s novel into a cohesive story Ragtime tells three stories-a Harlem musician, a wealthy New Rochelle Wasp family and a Latvian Jewish immigrant in a poignant expose of the timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate in 1906 America. Featuring a Tony Award winning book by Terrence McNally that weaves E.L. Ragtime is an ambitious musical about three key element in development of the American Experience in the early 20th Century.
From Kevin Depinet’s set design to Sage Marie Carter’s rear screen video projections (the best use of video I’ve ever seen on stage) to Jesse Klug’s stunning lighting with Garth Helm and Ray Nardelli’s sound design and Santo Loquastro’s early 20th Century costumes – Ragtime is stunning theatrical triumph. What you’ll get when you attend (and you absolutely must) for a ticket price ranging from $31 to $45 is a fully produced Broadway production of Ragtime that is better than most tours that cost $85- $95.Įvery aspect of Rockwell’s production is first-class and executed superbly. Now with director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell’s perfect production of Ragtime, that level has increased even higher. Since Kyle DeSantis and his team of creatives have taken over at Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre, the shows have constantly gotten better. Lavish, stunning and refreshingly production of Ragtime is a major triumph for Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre! Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Rockwell
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