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by Michael Portantiere


    An Era Exploding, a Century Spinning

    The magnificent production of the brilliant Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens-Terrence McNally musical Ragtime that played at the Kennedy Center earlier this year is soon to open on Broadway, directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, with a 40-member cast that includes Christiane Noll as Mother, Ron Bohmer as Father, Bobby Steggert as Younger Brother, Quentin Earl Darrington as Coalhouse Walker, Stephanie Umoh as Sarah, Robert Petkoff as Tateh, Sarah Rosenthal as The Little Girl, and Christopher Cox as The Little Boy. Here are my pix of the press preview that was held on Wednesday, October 7.

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    They can never go back to before: Christiane Noll, Bobby Steggert, and Ron Bohmer.

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    Their shtetl is America: Robert Petkoff and Sarah Rosenthal.

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    They will ride on the wheels of a dream: Stephanie Umoh and Quentin Earl Darrington.

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    Two great American success stories: Michael X. Martin as J.P. Morgan and Jonathan Hammond as Harry Houdini.

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    And there was distant music...

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    ...simple and somehow sublime...

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    ...it was the music of something beginning...

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    ...the people call it Ragtime!

    Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 12:03 AM | Item Link


    Michael Portantiere comes to BroadwayStars with more than 30 years' experience as an editor and writer for such media outlets as TheaterMania.com, InTHEATER magazine, and BACK STAGE. He has also contributed articles and reviews to AfterElton.com, Playbill, and Stagebill, and has written notes for several major cast albums. Additionally, Michael is a professional photographer whose pictures have been published by THE NEW YORK TIMES, the DAILY NEWS, and several notable websites. (Visit www.followspotphoto.com for more information.)
    He can be reached at [email protected]


    The last five columns written by Michael Portantiere:

    07/13/2010: Presidential Material

    07/04/2010: Hardy Boy

    06/29/2010: High School Stars

    06/21/2010: Falling in Love Again

    06/17/2010: A Meeting of the 'mos (and Their Friends)

    For a listing of all features written by Michael, click here.

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