LOOK AT YOUR LIFE THROUGH HEAVEN’S EYES!! All Summer long, Lincoln Center is bringing the magic of Live Theater and Performances with its RESTART STAGES program. So many performances coming from the worlds of classical musical, jazz, and of course our very own Broadway scene. One of those many performances to come will be a breathtaking evening inspiring us TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE STAR with Tony Award winning Broadway favorite Brian Stokes Mitchell.
The angelic baritone will present a new cabaret show entitled OUT WITH THE OLD from July 21st-23rd, 2021 before returning for an encore engagement from August 12th-14th, 2021. With his trio (led by Tedd Firth), the evening will feature a full diverse selection of Great American Songbook standards and Broadway favorites by this breathtaking talent. You can expect Stokes as well to perform notable hits from his legendary career including RAGTIME and MAN OF LA MANCHA.
Since we are still coping with ongoing COVID-19 pandemic safety precautions, there will be a limited amount of seating for this free concert. You can’t just show up though. TodayTix will be doing a virtual lottery for FREE TICKETS on each night Brian Stokes Mitchell will be performing. They are welcoming both people who have been vaccinated and also those who haven’t yet (which will require people to social distant and wear their face mask).
We’re also sure for a face one of the concerts will be livestreamed as well. Stay tuned for more information on that.
Don’t miss SOME ENCHANTED EVENING with this legendary performer.
WHAT?S UP BROADWAY FANS?! It is 19 days away till Broadway?s biggest night of the year, the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. To keep us Entertained, we are starting your morning with our TOP 40 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN playing you the best performances from the previous telecasts.
At # 19 on out countdown is an ultimate classic musical. It follows 3 groups in the United States during the start of the 20th Century. We of course are talking about Ragtime the Musical. Based of a best selling 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, the musical features a score by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty and a book by @Terrence McNally.
From the 1998 telecast, the full company perform the show?s opening title song.
RAGTIME premiered in Toronto back in 1996 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts before moving on a month later to Broadway which it opened the newly built Ford Center for the Performing Arts (now the Lyric Theatre) for 861 performances. Members of the original cast included….
Alex Strange as “Edgar, The Little Boy”,
Tony nominee Marin Mazzie as “Mother”,
Tony nominee Peter Friedman as “Tateh”,
Tony winner Audra McDonald as “Sarah”,
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchellas “Coalhouse Walker, Jr”,
a 9 year old Lea Michele as “The Little Girl”,
and Tony winner Judy Kaye as “Emma Goldman”.
The original production was nominated for 13 Tony Awards in 1998 winning 4 for Best Score (for Flaherty & Ahrens), Best Book (for McNally), Best Featured Actress in A Musical (for McDonald), and Best Orchestrations (for William David Brohn).
Following the success of the original production, the show went on to become a worldwide hit musical from Regional productions, London’s West End, and several concert productions (including a concert production on Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty back in 2016).
The 1st and most recent Broadway revival of RAGTIME happened in 2009 at the Neil Simon Theatre playing for only 93 performances. Members of that 2009 cast included…
Christopher Cox as “Edgar, The Little Boy”,
Tony nominee Christiane Noll as “Mother”,
Ron Bohmer as “Father”,
Robert Petkoff as “Tateh”,
Quentin Earl Darrington as “Coalhouse Walker, Jr”,
Stephanie Jean Umoh as “Sarah”,
Sarah Rosenthal as “The Little Girl”,
and Donna Migliaccio as “Emma Goldman”.
The revival was nominated for 6 Tony Awards in 2010 (including Best Revival of a Musical) but lost all of it’s categories.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and Marin Mazzie lead the original 1998 Broadway cast in a performance of the title song ‘Ragtime’ at the Tony Awards. …
BREAKING NEWS: William David Brohn, the Tony Award winning orchestrator of smash hit musicals including Miss Saigon – Musical, Ragtime The Musical, and WICKED The Musical passed away today at the age of 84. Thank you for making Broadway music sound so beautiful and fully grand. Your arrangements are continued be played on Broadway, on Tour, and around the world. RIP
As much as you love Broadway how much do you really know about the origins of it?s history? Have you ever wondered if you could just take a trip back in time and see where it all began?! Now you can!
If you are fans of Lin-Manuel Miranda?s Hamilton or Jonathan Larson?s RENT you will LOVE these tours.
Our Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton musical theatre downtown walking tour meets right near City Hall where the first theatre in New York was built. We will then visit other locations that fall in tribute to nautical themed Broadway musicals such as Titanic, Ragtime, Showboat, and of course HAMILTON! We will even pass by where Thomas Jefferson lived and you can take pictures with George Washington (maybe even meet his ghost!) in front of Federal Hall. Come learn about the revolution and sing along to shows with your Broadway tour guide.
And then on April 29th we are launching our ?The Inspiration Of Rent? a tour based off of the musical RENT written by Jonathan Larson. It will begin at The New York Theatre Workshop where the show originally premiered and we will visit iconic locations from his story. We will discuss New York?s East Village history, the show, and of course Jonathan Larson?s life and death. On April 29th it will be the 20th anniversary that the show originally opened on Broadway so tickets will be selling fast!
For more information visit our tours listings page. We look forward to singing and dancing with you down Broadway!
