![]() So, that's one of those things of stepping up and saying, ‘Yeah, this is tough. And we're also just, we're in a pandemic. There's 60 people on stage! Just navigating that from a producing standpoint has to be scary. But really, it's just seamlessly weaving our way through this journey, because it's quite the journey. Krisha Marcano, who's choreographing the show for me is key, you know, her eye and just the way that people move and the way these different worlds interact. Like each story, transitioning from the different worlds. ![]() “Making sure that the vision is clearly articulated,” says Alexander. But Alexander says his mission is straightforward. Ragtime is an enormous production with a lavish set, dozens of actors on stage and lots of moving parts. Mother, a woman who stands up to her husband again in 1906. The immigrant worker who's willing to sacrifice everything and work tirelessly to protect his daughter. Emma Goldman, a woman who's strong enough to stand up to the most powerful men in America. Although if you watch movies and stories, you wouldn't think that. I think this was who most black men were. And again, in my opinion, Coalhouse wasn't an anomaly in 1906. ![]() “The Black lead character Coalhouse is a strong, proud man,” he says. He says the strength of each character creates empathy as well. This play allows you to step into those other worlds and kind of see these lives and get to know these people you don't know about that you've only judged without really knowing who they are and what they're going through.”Īlexander says that entrée into these characters' lives allows audience members an opportunity to reflect on commonality in our shared experiences without being judged. ![]() And I think most people in our country live in their own world with no understanding, and sometimes no desire to connect with or understand those outside of that world. “And then the end, understand, you know, I've always believed it's very easy to hate what you don't know. “It introduces us to characters that we can all identify with,” says Alexander. The nostalgic music of Ragtime takes you back to the early 1900s, but what's striking to director Jackie Alexander is the show's relevance today, tackling issues of race, immigration, police brutality and women's rights. North Carolina Black Repertory Company director Jackie Alexander will lead the Piedmont Opera production. Washington and Emma Goldman are weaved into the story along with music that won the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Celebrities of the day like Harry Houdini, Booker T. It opened on Broadway in 1998, and shares the stories of a Harlem musician, a white upper-class family, and Eastern European immigrants in early 20th century America. CANALETTI, JR.Ragtime, the multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, and book by Terrence McNally comes to Piedmont Opera this week. THOMAS NEIMAN, RYAN OCHOA, JOSEPH PRETE, CHRIS SAMMIS, NICK SHELTON, MATTHEW WETHERHOLT, Deck Crew NANCY COCHRAN, ELAN McMAHAN, Rehearsal Pianists JUPITYR SHAW, CAROLINE NELMS, ERIN VANDERHYDE CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAMĮLAN McMAHAN, Music Director and ConductorĭEBORAH FAUERBACH, Assistant Choreographer ZANE DAVIS, Mother’s Younger Brother & Willie Conklin GREG BAILEY, DREW BRADFORD, LAURA BUENO, BEATRICE CROSBIE, ZANE DAVIS, LEO EBANKS, KRISTA FEALLOCK, DEBORAH FAUERBACH, BERTO FERNÁNDEZ, JOHNNY FLETCHER, RACHAEL GROENEWEG, DARRAND HALL, CODY INGRAM, JORDAN E JACKSON, SHIRLEY JOHNSTON, ELENI KUTAY, JODI MARKS, KIMBERLY MOLLER, GREG NICHOLAS, MASHUN TUCKER JR., E.Y. MACKENZIE BURNINGHAM, Coalhouse Walker III This acclaimed musical is filled with pageantry, emotion, and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical. Together, they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America. Three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion, and belief in the promise of the future. Doctorow's distinguished novel, RAGTIME is the winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. THE TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL RAGTIME, the sweeping musical portrait of early 20th century America, returns to The Moonlight’s stage after 19 years. Wed - Sat Night, August 31 - September 3, 2022
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