MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 18, 1998
Closing Date
Jan 16, 2000
1st Preview
Dec 26, 1997
1st Preview
Dec 26, 1997
Previews
27
Performances
834
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ford Center for the Performing Arts
(Jan 18, 1998 - Jan 16, 2000)
Setting
In and around New York City; New Rochelle; Ellis Island; Lawrence, Mass.; Atlantic City.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Livent (U.S.) Inc.
Produced by Livent (U.S.) Inc.
Book by Terrence McNally; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music orchestrated by William David Brohn; Musical Director: David Loud; Dance music arranged by David Krane; Vocal arrangements by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Frank Galati; Musical Staging by Graciela Daniele; Associate Choreographer: Willie Rosario; Livent Resident Director: Anne Allan; Associate Resident Director: Tara Young and Stafford Arima
Production Design by Eugene Lee; Costume Design by Santo Loquasto; Sound Design by Jonathan Deans; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington; Associate Costume Design: Janet Grant and Mitchell Bloom; Assistant Lighting Design: Edward Pierce; Assistant Costume Design: Hugh Hamrick and Hyun-Joo Kim; Associate Sound Design: Christopher Jordan and Peter Hylenski; Projection Programmer: Paul Vershbow
General Manager: Frank P. Scardino; Company Manager: Jim Brandeberry; Livent Sr. VP, Production: Frank P. Scardino; Associate Co. Mgr: Ken Davenport
Technical Director: Peter W. Lamb; Production Manager: Peter W. Lamb; Technical Supervisor: Robert Whelan; Production Stage Manager: Randall Whitescarver; Stage Manager: Dean R. Greer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bernita Robinson and Robbie Young; Assistant Prod. Mgr: Corin Gutteridge
Musical Supervisor: Jeffrey Huard; Musical Coordinator: John Monaco; Conducted by David Loud; Associate Conductor: James Moore; Concert Master: Paul Woodiel; Violin: Blair Lawhead, Cecelia Hobbs Gardner, Chris Cardona, Lesa Terry and Ella Rutkovsky; Viola: Susan Follari and Richard Clark; Cello: Jenny Langham and Vivian Israel; Bass: Bob Renino; Flute/Piccolo: Brian Miller; Clarinet/E. Flat Clarinet: Owen Kotler; Oboe/English Horn: Bill Meredith; Flute/Alto Sax/Soprano Sax/ Bass Clarinet: Vincent DellaRocca; Trumpet: Jeffrey Kievit and Christian Jaudes; French Horns: Paul Riggio and Lisa Pike; Trombone: Charles Gordon; Tuba/Baritone Horn: Earl McIntyre; Synthesizer I: Steve Marzullo; Synthesizer II: James Moore; Drums: Marty Morell; Percussion: Bruce Doctor; Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin: Greg Utzig; Music Contractor: Susan Follari
Magic Illusions by Franz Harary
Casting: Beth Russell and Arnold Mungioli; New York Press Representative: Mary Bryant and Wayne Wolfe; General Press Representative: Ian Rand; Production Costume Coordinator: Janet Grant; Dance Captain: Keith LaMelle Thomas; Fight direction by Joe Bostick; Additional fight staging by B. H. Barry; Logo Design by Scott Thornley & Company, Inc.; Livent Sr. VP, Creative Affairs: Marty Bell; Promotions: Keith Hurd; Photographer: Catherine Ashmore
Peter Friedman
Tateh
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Mark Jacoby
Father
Dec 26, 1997 - Apr 1999
Marin Mazzie
Mother
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Audra McDonald
Sarah
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 27, 1998
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 27, 1998
Jim Corti
Harry Houdini
Tommy Hollis
Booker T. Washington
Judy Kaye
Emma Goldman
Lynnette Perry
Evelyn Nesbit
Dec 26, 1997 - Jul 1998
Steven Sutcliffe
Mother's Younger Brother
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 27, 1998
Shaun Amyot
Ensemble
Darlene Bel Grayson
Ensemble
Kevin Bogue
Stanford White
 
Ensemble
Sondra M. Bonitto
Ensemble
Rod Campbell
Admiral Peary
 
Reporter
 
Ensemble
Jamie Chandler-Torns
Ensemble
Larry Daggett
Henry Ford
 
Policeman
 
Town Hall Bureaucrat
Ralph Deaton
Ensemble
Rodrick Dixon
Ensemble
Bernard Dotson
Ensemble
Donna Dunmire
Ensemble
Adam Dyer
Ensemble
Duane Martin Foster
Matthew Henson
 
Black Lawyer
 
Gang Member
 
Ensemble
Patty Goble
Ensemble
Colton Green
Harry K. Thaw
 
Policeman
 
Ensemble
Elisa Heinsohn
Ensemble
Anne Kanengeiser
Kathleen
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
2nd Bureaucrat
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
Welfare Official
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
Ensemble
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Jeffrey Kuhn
Reporter
 
Fireman
 
Clerk
 
Ensemble
Keith LaMelle Thomas
Pas de Deux
 
Ensemble
Joe Langworth
Ensemble
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Joe Locarro
Conductor
 
Ensemble
Conrad McLaren
Grandfather
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
Foreman
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Lea Michele
The Little Girl
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
David Mucci
Willie Conklin
Anne L. Nathan
Brigit
 
Baron's Assistant
 
Ensemble
Panchali Null
Ensemble
Mike O'Carroll
J. P. Morgan
 
Judge
Mimi Quillin
Ensemble
Michael Redd
Little Coalhouse
Alternate
Monica L. Richards
Pas de Deux
 
Ensemble
Shane Rogers
Little Coalhouse
Alternate
Orgena Rose
Ensemble
Gordon Stanley
Trolley Conductor
 
Reporter
 
Charles S. Whitman
 
Ensemble
Alex Strange
The Little Boy
Angela Teek
Ensemble
Vanessa Townsell-Crisp
Sarah's Friend
Allyson Tucker
Ensemble
Leon Williams
Ensemble
Bruce Winant
Doctor
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
Dirty Old Man
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
White Lawyer
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
 
Ensemble
Dec 26, 1997 - Dec 20, 1998
Swings: Karen Andrew , John D. Baker , Mark Cassius , Albert Christmas , Dioni Michelle Collins , Mary Sharon Dziedzic , Valerie Hawkins , Kennl Hobson and Todd Thurston
Understudies: Darlene Bel Grayson (Sarah's Friend), Sondra M. Bonitto (Sarah's Friend), Rod Campbell (Father, Foreman, Trolley Conductor), Mark Cassius (Matthew Henson), Jamie Chandler-Torns (Evelyn Nesbit), Jim Corti (Tateh), Pierce Cravens (The Little Boy), Nicole Dos Santos (The Little Girl), Duane Martin Foster (Coalhouse Walker Jr., Booker T. Washington), Patty Goble (Mother), Colton Green (Harry Houdini, Charles S. Whitman), Valerie Hawkins (Emma Goldman, Brigit, Welfare Official, Baron's Assistant), Elisa Heinsohn (Evelyn Nesbit), Anne Kanengeiser (Mother), Jeffrey Kuhn (Mother's Younger Brother, Harry Houdini), Joe Langworth (Mother's Younger Brother, Harry Houdini), Joe Locarro (Mother's Younger Brother), Anne L. Nathan (Emma Goldman), Monica L. Richards (Sarah), Orgena Rose (Sarah), Angela Teek (Sarah), Todd Thurston (Father, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, Grandfather, Admiral Peary, Charles S. Whitman), Leon Williams (Booker T. Washington) and Bruce Winant (Tateh, Henry Ford, Willie Conklin)

Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Jan 18, 1998 - Jan 16, 2000)

Assistant Costume Design: Melanie Huston and Nancy Granfield; Associate Scenic Design: Randi Savoy; Assistant Scenic Design: Harry Matheu
Assistant Stage Mgr: David Horton Black; Production Supervisor: Randall Whitescarver; Production Stage Manager: Tom Capps
Dance Captain: Susan Burk; Assistant Dance Captain: Bernard Dotson; Assistant Fight Captain: Colton Green

Cast

Donna Bullock
Mother
Dec 22, 1998 - Jan 16, 2000
Darlesia Cearcy
Sarah
Sep 1999 - Jan 16, 2000
Joseph Dellger
Father
Sep 1999 - Jan 16, 2000
John Dossett
Father
Apr 1999 - Sep 1999
LaChanze
Sarah
Dec 29, 1998 - Sep 1999
John Rubinstein
Tateh
Dec 22, 1998 - Aug 01, 1999
Michael Rupert
Tateh
Aug 03, 1999 - Jan 16, 2000
Alton Fitzgerald White
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Dec 29, 1998 - Jan 16, 2000
Johmaalya Adelekan
Ensemble
James D. Beeks
Ensemble
Leslie Bell
Ensemble
Dara Paige Bloomfield
The Little Girl
Alternate
Amy Bodnar
Ensemble
Scott Carollo
Mother's Younger Brother
Albert Christmas
Ensemble
Christopher Cordell
The Little Boy
Pierce Cravens
The Little Boy
Alternate
Michelle Dawson
Evelyn Nesbit
Erick Devine
J. P. Morgan
 
Foreman
Bernard Dotson
Pas de Deux
Roberta Duchak
Ensemble
Mary Sharon Dziedzic
Ensemble
Tina Fabrique
Sarah's Friend
Lovena Fox
Ensemble
Sean Grant
Ensemble
Jeff Hairston
Ensemble
Anthony Blair Hall
The Little Boy
Paul Harman
Doctor
 
Child Buyer
 
Ensemble
Davon Harris
Little Coalhouse
Alternate
Isaiah S. Henderson
Little Coalhouse
Alternate
Rosena M. Hill
Ensemble
Adam Hunter
Ensemble
Michael Hyatt
Sarah's Friend
Kimberly JaJuan
Ensemble
Janine LaManna
Evelyn Nesbit
Deidre Lang
Pas de Deux
 
Ensemble
Elizabeth Lundberg
The Little Girl
David Masenheimer
Henry Ford
Rusty Mowery
Ensemble
Kimberly Dawn Neumann
Ensemble
Zoie Quinde
Ensemble
Michele Ragusa
Evelyn Nesbit
James Stovall
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Landel Thorman
Little Coalhouse
Alternate
Tom Toner
Grandfather
Dec 22, 1998 - Jan 16, 2000
 
Reporter
Josh Tower
Ensemble
Ron Trenouth
Doctor
 
Child Buyer
 
Ensemble
Ann Van Cleave
Kathleen
 
2nd Bureaucrat
 
Welfare Official
 
Ensemble
Joseph Webster
Ensemble
Mindy Franzese Wild
Ensemble
Laurie Williamson
Ensemble
Eric Jordan Young
Pas de Deux
 
Ensemble
Bernie Yvon
Harry Houdini
Swings: Sherry Boone , Susan Burk , Michael-Demby Cain , Robert Barry Fleming , Jacquelyn Hodges and Janice Lorraine
Understudies: Karen Andrew (Pas de Deux), John D. Baker (Conductor, Policeman, Town Hall Bureaucrat, Reporter, Clerk, Stanford White, Harry K. Thaw, Doctor, Child Buyer, Fireman), Amy Bodnar (Evelyn Nesbit), Rod Campbell (Grandfather), Albert Christmas (Matthew Henson, Pas de Deux, Black Lawyer, Gang Member), Bernard Dotson (Pas de Deux), Roberta Duchak (Mother), Mary Sharon Dziedzic (Kathleen, Welfare Official, Baron's Assistant, Brigit, 2nd Bureaucrat), Lovena Fox (Sarah), Valerie Hawkins (Kathleen, 2nd Bureaucrat), Kennl Hobson (Matthew Henson, Black Lawyer, Gang Member), Joe Langworth (Harry K. Thaw, Stanford White), Gordon Stanley (J. P. Morgan, Judge), Todd Thurston (Willie Conklin, Foreman, Trolley Conductor, Conductor, Policeman, Town Hall Bureaucrat, Reporter, Clerk, Doctor, Child Buyer, Fireman), Allyson Tucker (Pas de Deux), Ann Van Cleave (Mother) and Leon Williams (Coalhouse Walker Jr.)
music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Act 1
Sung By
Ragtime
Company
Goodbye, My Love
Mother
Journey On
Father, Tateh and Mother
The Crime of the Century
Evelyn Nesbit, Mother's Younger Brother and Ensemble
What Kind of Woman
Mother
A Shtetl Iz Amereke
Tateh, The Little Girl and Immigrants
Success
Tateh, J. P. Morgan, Harry Houdini and Ensemble
Gettin' Ready Rag
Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Ensemble
Henry Ford
Henry Ford, Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Ensemble
Nothing Like the City
Tateh, Mother, The Little Boy and The Little Girl
Your Daddy's Son
Sarah
New Music
Father, Mother, Mother's Younger Brother, Coalhouse Walker Jr., Sarah and Ensemble
Wheels of a Dream
Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Sarah
The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square
Mother's Younger Brother, Emma Goldman and Ensemble
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Ensemble
Gliding
Tateh
Justice
Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Ensemble
President
Sarah
Till We Reach That Day
Sarah's Friend, Coalhouse Walker Jr., Emma Goldman, Mother's Younger Brother, Mother, Tateh and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Harry Houdini, Master Escapist
The Little Boy and Harry Houdini
Coalhouse's Soliloquy
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Coalhouse Demands
Company
What A Game!
Father, The Little Boy and Ensemble
Atlantic City
Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Houdini
New Music (Reprise)
Father
Atlantic City, Part II
Ensemble
The Crime of the Century (Reprise)
Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini, Master Escapist (Reprise)
Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Houdini
Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.
Baron Ashkenazy
Our Children
Mother and Baron Ashkenazy
Sarah Brown Eyes
Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Sarah
He Wanted to Say
Emma Goldman, Mother's Younger Brother, Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Coalhouse's Men
Back to Before
Mother
Look What You've Done
Booker T. Washington, Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Coalhouse's Men
Make Them Hear You
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Ragtime (Reprise)
Company
Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)
Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1998 Nominee
Produced by Livent (U.S.) Inc.

Best Book of a Musical

1998 Winner
Book by Terrence McNally

Best Original Musical Score

1998 Winner
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
 

Best Actor in a Musical

1998 Nominee
Peter Friedman
Brian Stokes Mitchell
 

Best Actress in a Musical

1998 Nominee
Marin Mazzie

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1998 Winner
Audra McDonald
 

Best Scenic Design

1998 Nominee
Scenic Design by Eugene Lee
 

Best Costume Design

1998 Nominee
Costume Design by Santo Loquasto
 

Best Lighting Design

1998 Nominee
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer
 

Best Choreography

1998 Nominee
Choreographed by Graciela Daniele
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1998 Nominee
Directed by Frank Galati

Best Orchestrations

1998 Winner
Music orchestrated by William David Brohn

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding New Musical

1998 Winner
Produced by Livent (U.S.) Inc.

Outstanding Book of a Musical

1998 Winner
Book by Terrence McNally
 

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1998 Nominee
Peter Friedman
Brian Stokes Mitchell
 

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

1998 Nominee
Marin Mazzie
 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1998 Nominee
Steven Sutcliffe
 

Outstanding Choreography

1998 Nominee
Choreographed by Graciela Daniele
 

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

1998 Nominee
Directed by Frank Galati

Outstanding Orchestrations

1998 Winner
Music orchestrated by William David Brohn

Outstanding Lyrics

1998 Winner
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
 

Outstanding Set Design of a Musical

1998 Nominee
Scenic Design by Eugene Lee
Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington

Outstanding Music

1998 Winner
Music by Stephen Flaherty
 

Outstanding Costume Design

1998 Nominee
Costume Design by Santo Loquasto
 

Outstanding Lighting Design

1998 Nominee
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer

Theatre World

Award

1998 Recipient
Steven Sutcliffe
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