![]() Ragtime continues through May 27 for tickets call 351-8000 or visit. Emotionally, Tateh has begun to see the toll life in New York has taken on him. He realistically assesses the value of a life such as the one he has had and has shown his daughter, and finds the hardships outweigh the joys. Kudos, too, to Garrabrant as The Little Boy Dutcher as Houdini and bigoted fireman Willie Conklin and Shuford as Father-a man who at least sometimes tries to be better than he is. An incredibly dynamic character, Tateh here first begins to challenge his old life and seek a better one. ![]() One hates to single any out, but at the same time it’s hard not to praise Ollmann, fine both vocally and dramatically, especially on “Back to Before” Joseph as Coalhouse, charismatic and compelling Andreev as the desperate Tateh and Darrow as the equally desperate Younger Brother-not poor or hungry, like Tateh, but seeking meaning to his life. ![]() Korey White plays ragtime musician Coalhouse Walker Jr. And while the cast may have been downsized, Terrence McNally’s adaptation of Doctorow’s work misses nothing significant-which does mean the show comes in at more than two-and-a-half hours.īut that shouldn’t affect the audience’s involvement in the production, imaginatively reconceived by Rothstein and enacted with skill and power by the cast. 9 hours ago &0183 &32 Tateh (a genial Joshua Frink) is an artist from Latvia who arrives with his daughter (Rhea Greer) convinced America will be all he had hoped. The score by Stephen Flaherty, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, is alternately stirring, poignant and entertaining, often pointedly revealing social commentary and it’s masterfully delivered by music director Steve Orich and his nine-member orchestra, which can sound much larger.
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