Some years ago, when an editor asked me to write a new edition of Let’s Put on a Musical, he told me to drop 70 shows from my two previous editions and add 70 new musicals. Making the cuts and choosing the new shows wasn’t easy, so I sought advice from friends. What I heard from many was to avoid Ragtime. “Don’t bother, because no community theater is going to do it,” they said. &ld…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AM on April 13, 2011