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Today in Theatre History : NOVEMBER 20 - Playbill
Pub. Date - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:04:00 GMT
David Rose writes the music for this military-themed play with music, the only Broadway ... 2001 A memorably starry benefit concert of Dreamgirls features performances by Audra McDonald, Heather Headley and Lillias White as the title characters ... 'Ragtime' More Soulful - The Ledger
Pub. Date - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:04:00 GMT
True, the songs in this musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow's 1975 novel about the reshaping of America in the early 20th century, still suggest anthems from a hymns-for-the-converted Weavers concert, reorchestrated for Broadway belters. Flattening ... Ragtime’ revival puts renewed emphasis on people - LoHud.com
Pub. Date - Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:17:00 GMT
The initial swirling syncopation of sound is impossible to resist. Surely there are not many opening numbers better than the intoxicating first moments of "Ragtime," the stage version of E.L. Doctorow’s best-selling novel, which opens in the year ... |
