“Ragtime: The Musical” at Pennington Players

“Ragtime: The Musical”
Music & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Book by Terrence McNally
Based on a Novel by E. L. Doctorow

This epic new musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America by intertwining three distinct stories that 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 society, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit and rhythms of African-American, working-class Harlem. Winner of four of its thirteen 1998 Tony Award® nominations, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Orchestrations, it features such show-stopping songs as: Getting Ready Rag; Your Daddy?s Son; Wheels of a Dream; Till We Reach That Day; Back To Before; and Make Them Hear You.

Take note of the special start time on Fridays & Saturdays: 7:30PM!

Performed by Pennington Players
At Kelsey Theatre
Performances ran
Friday, June 4, 2010 thru Sunday, June 13, 2010
Booker T. Washington.... Lynn Baskin
Coalhouse Walker, Jr..... Kyrus
Emma Goldman.... Laurie Gougher
Evelyn Nesbit.... Michaela Tomcho
Father.... Michael Schiumo
Grandfather.... Wayne Irons
Henry Ford / Charles S. Whitman.... Christopher Kamps
Houdini.... Shawn Doremus
J. P. Morgan.... Alan Naidoff Has Bio Has photo
Mother.... Vicky Czarnik
Sarah.... Cathryn Hardy
Sarah's Friend.... Tanya Granger
Tateh.... Brian Meltzer
Willie Conkin.... Tom Bessellieu
Young Boy.... Matt Blazejewski
Young Girl.... Salena Qureshi
Younger Brother.... William Kamps
Ensemble.... John Bergeron
Ensemble.... Ben Cramer
Ensemble.... Jennifer Davis
Ensemble.... Steven Dunagan
Ensemble.... Marc Flicker Has Bio
Ensemble.... Melissa Geerlof
Ensemble.... Hilary Goldman Has Bio
Ensemble.... Samantha Gougher
Ensemble.... Ashley Hencken
Ensemble.... Maddie Kane
Ensemble.... Kristin Keenan
Ensemble.... Cheryl E. King
Ensemble.... Ariel Eden Malberg
Ensemble.... Izzy Melter
Ensemble.... Benjamin Menahem
Ensemble.... Nikema Missouri
Ensemble.... Schadrack Pierre
Ensemble.... John Russell
Ensemble.... Jeffrey Scharf
Ensemble.... Brandon Sherman
Ensemble.... Meredith Sullivan
Ensemble.... Rachel Tovar
Ensemble.... Elliott Wallace
Ensemble.... Dianna Freeman Westcott
Directed by Frank Ferrara Has Bio
Choreography by Nicole Machin
Musical Direction by Shannon Ferrara Has Bio
Performances 
Note: These recording are not of the productions list here, but of Broadway or Hollywood versions.