New York City
Irving Berlin meets Scott Joplin in this delightful new musical set in New York City in the early part of the last century in the district known as Tin Pan Alley. When the aging Joplin happens into young Berlin’s office in search of a publisher, a musical discourse unfolds highlighting influential and emotional moments from each of their lives. Musical highlights include “I Love a Piano,” “Oh, Promise Me,” “The Maple Leaf Rag,” “When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam,” “The Entertainer,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” and “Play a Simple Melody.”