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A Must See Premier Performance Ragtime Presented by The Barn Theatre
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MONTVILLE - The Barn Theatre concludes its 75th Anniversary Season with the New Jersey community theatre premiere of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen
Flaherty's epic Broadway hit musical, RAGTIME. Performances are May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, June 1, 6 and 7, 2003 -- show times are 8:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00pm on Sundays. Ticket price is $20; tickets for
senior citizens and students are $19 on Sunday performances only.
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(top) A view of the cast. (above)
Stuart Scheer as Tateh; Corinne Fitamant, as his young daughter; Alice Regan Moynahan, as Mother; and Justin Riordan, as her son. (below) A view of the cast.
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Photos By Joe Gigli
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(left) Hannah Hendry, as Emma Goldman. (above) Justin Riordan; Kim Lampe; and Laura Kennedy. (below right) Raissa Maynard.
(below left) Candy Cobb.
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RAGTIME
is an epic musical that paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America. In it, three distinct stories intertwine to poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. With a score that is as diverse as the melting pot of America that it seeks to recreate, RAGTIME draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to color the haunting music of the European immigrants, Vaudevillian style to capture the spectacle of Anglo-American upper-middle-class society, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit and rhythms of African-American, working-class Harlem.
With a book by Terrence McNally (based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow) and with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty ("My Favorite
Year" and "Once On This Island"), RAGTIME
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was the winner of four 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Orchestrations and features such show-stopping songs as: "Wheels
of a Dream"; "Till We Reach That Day"; "Back To Before"; "Your Daddy's Son"; and "Make Them Hear You."
The Barn Theatre's production of RAGTIME - The Musical and its cast of 47 actors features Doug McLaughlin as Coalhouse Walker, Alice Regan-Moynahan as
Mother, Stuart Scheer as Tateh, Tom Morrissey and Tamara Valdes as Sarah. Lauren Moran is the Director/Choreographer. Jay Mills is the Associate Director and Warren Helms is the Musical Director. RAGTIME is produced
by Claire Siegmund and Walter Nieman and is stage managed by Darcey Jacobs.
The Barn Theatre is located at the end of Skyline Drive in Montville, just minutes off Exit 47 of Route 287.
For
reservations, call The Barn Theatre Box Office at (973) 334-9320 -- more information on the play and the theatre can be found at The Barn's website: http://www.barntheatre.org
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(above)
Michael Friedhoff & D'Anie Grecco on left; Kathryn Davis & Billy Brisley on right; and Brian Marshall, James Lopez & Claudia Metz looking on from above. (below)
Stuart Scheer & Corinne Fitamant with cast.
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(left) Billy Brisley, as Houdini. (right) Tom Schopper, as Henry Ford; and Rich Maloy, as JP Morgan.
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(right) Raissa Maynard and James Lopez. (left) Hank Gundersen, Rich Maloy; and Matt Heffernan.
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(above left) Tamara Valdes and Matt Heffernan. (above right) Meghan Luckey and Alice Regan Moynahan. (left) Dee Dickson, with cast.
(right) Doug McLaughlin and Justin Riordan; and Tamara Valdes looking on from above. (below left) Tamara Valdes and Doug McLaughlin. (below right)
Doug McLughlin with Erica Jade Cintron and Omar Kozarsky.
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(above left) A view of the cast at a baseball game. (above right) Doug McLaughlin and James Lopez. (right)
Alice Regan Moynahan, Stuart Scheer, Corinne Fitamant and Justin Riordan.
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