The production was directed by Tony winner Frank Galati with choreography by Graciela Daniele. Ragtime underwent a two-year gestation under the auspices of Garth Drabinsky, opening in Toronto in December 1996 and then in Los Angeles in June 1997 before arriving on Broadway. Doctorow, Ragtime has a score by Ahrens and Flaherty ( Once On This Island, Anastasia, Seussical) and a book by Terrence McNally ( Master Class, Love! Valour! Compassion!). READING: Track-by-Track Breakdown: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Dissect Their Ragtime Scoreīased on the classic American novel by E.L.
“Fortunately, and unfortunately … Ragtime is needed. “ Ragtime was before its time, ahead of its time, and right on time,” Mitchell tells Lyons in the interview for this release. performances in Los Angeles in the summer of 1997.
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Also included: a new interview with the production’s original Coalhouse Walker, Brian Stokes Mitchell, conducted Douglas Lyons, who recently performed the role himself, plus photos from the original recording session and production.Ī Grammy nominee in its original release, these LPs come prior to the 25th anniversary of the musical’s first U.S. An oversized, 20-page booklet includes a new essay from Ahrens and Flaherty, a complete recording libretto, and a track-by-track appreciation of the score by the composer and lyricist.
The remastered 3-LP set is presented in a hardbound slipcase, with individually jacketed LPs in red, white, and blue. The original Broadway cast recording of the 1998 Tony-nominated musical Ragtime-featuring a Tony-winning score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens-is celebrated in a commemorative red, white, and blue collectors limited vinyl edition, available now from Masterworks Broadway.
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