The Tin Pan Alley Rag
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 14, 2009
Closed Sep 6, 2009
Opened Jul 14, 2009
Closed Sep 6, 2009
Playing at
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Directions & Map
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Directions & Map
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Tin Pan Alley Rag tells the story of an imagined meeting of two of America's greatest musicians, composer Scott Joplin and songwriter Irving Berlin. Joplin was a musical prodigy, born the son of a slave, who received a conservatory education and slowly rose to acclaim. Berlin was a Russian Jewish immigrant who couldn't read music, yet catapulted to stardom at the age of 23. Both men changed the landscape of music forever with their contributions to the first American musical genre, ragtime. Beneath Joplin and Berlin's toe-tapping, syncopated rhythms lay fascinating stories of fame, love and loss. In The Tin Pan Alley Rag, these tales come to vivid life and two great icons realize they have more in common than they ever suspected.
The score for The Tin Pan Alley Rag includes such classic songs as Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano", "Play a Simple Melody", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" & "The Entertainer", among others.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
LOVED IT from the minute it began!
Go see it !! Its a great tribute to musical history and a treasure of a show! Beautifully done. Charming small intimate theatre..... youll feel at home, laugh, smile, cry, laugh some more! Great show -were so glad we listened to Grandma and went to see it..... all three generations of us!!!
Reviewed by Lisa Woodstone
on Sunday, Jul 26th, 2009
Run, don't walk to see it!!
Dont miss this, even if you dont ordinarily enjoy musicals. The acting, voices, music, and sets are terrific.
Reviewed by Lesliesq
on Saturday, Jul 18th, 2009
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Mark Saltzman's The Tin Pan Alley Rag, now receiving its New York premiere at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theater, has what Hollywood might term a "high concept" premise: What if the two so-called Kings of Ragtime, Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin, had actually met during their lifetime? Well, if such a tete-a-tete did occur, let's hope it was more compelling than the one Saltzman has imagined for this occasionally entertaining if dramatically unfulfilling play.
The playwright's set-up, at least, is inspired: Joplin (Michael Boatman) arrives at the music publishing firm owned by Berlin (Michael Therriault) and partner Ted Snyder (a suitably gruff Michael McCormick) -- using a fake name -- and[...]