Ragtime
Scenes


Act One
"Prologue: Ragtime" ..................................................... Company
 
Scene 1: Dock In New York Harbour/At Sea
"Goodbye, My Love" ..................................................... Mother
"Journey On" ..................................................... Father, Tateh, Mother
 
Scene 2: A Vaudville Theatre, New York City
"Crime Of The Century" ..................................................... Evelyn Nesbit, Younger Brother,
Ensemble
 
Scene 3: Mother's Garden, New Rochelle
"What Kind Of Women" ..................................................... Mother
 
Scene 4: Ellis Island/Lower East Side
"A Shtetl Iz Amereke" ..................................................... Tateh, Little Girl, Immigrants
"Success" ..................................................... Tateh, J.P. Morgan,
Harry Houdini, Ensemble
 
Tempo Club/Harlem/Ford Assembly Line
"Gettin Ready Rag" ..................................................... Coalhouse Walker Jr., Ensemble
"Henry Ford" ..................................................... Henry Ford, Coalhouse, Ensemble
 
Scene 6: Railroad Station, New Rochelle
"Nothing Like The City" ..................................................... Tateh, Mother
 
Scene 7: Emerald Isle Firehouse
 
Scene 8: Mother's House, New Rochelle
"Your Daddy's Son" ..................................................... Sarah
"New Music" ..................................................... Father, Mother, Younger Brother,
Coalhouse, Sarah, Ensemble
 
Scene 10: A Union Hall/Massachusettes/A Train
"Night That Goldman Spoke" ..................................................... Younger Brother, Emma Goldman,
Ensemble
"Lawrence, Massachusettes" ..................................................... Ensemble
"Gliding" ..................................................... Tateh
 
Scene 11: New Rochelle & New York City
"Justice" ..................................................... Coalhouse, Ensemble
"President" ..................................................... Sarah
"Till That Day" ..................................................... Sarah's Friend, Coalhouse,
Mother, Younger Brother, Tateh
Emma Goldman, Ensemble
 
Act Two
"Entr'acte" ..................................................... orchastra
 
Scene 1: Little Boy's Dream
"Master Escapest" ..................................................... Little Boy, Houdini
 
Scene 2: Streets Of New Rochelle/Mother's House
"Coalhouse's Soliliquy" ..................................................... Coalhouse
"Coalhouse Demands" ..................................................... Company
 
Scene 3: The Polo Grounds
"What A Game" ..................................................... Father, Little Boy, Ensemble
 
Scene 4: Mother's House
"Atlantic City" ..................................................... Evelyn Nesbit, Harry Houdini,
Ensemble
"New Music" (Reprise) ..................................................... Father
 
Scene 5: Atlantic City/Pier/Boardwalk
"Arlantic City" Part 2 ..................................................... Ensemble
"Buffalo Nickel, Inc." ..................................................... Baron Ashkenazy
"Our Children" ..................................................... Mother, Baron Ashkenazy
 
Scene 6: Harlem/Coalhouse's Hideout
"Sarah Brown Eyes" ..................................................... Coalhouse, Sarah
"He Wanted To Say" ..................................................... E. Goldman, Younger Brother,
Coalhouse, Coalhouse's Men
 
Scene 7: The Beach, Atlantic City
"Back To Before" ..................................................... Mother
 
Scene 8: Morgan Library, New York City
"What You've Done" ..................................................... Booker T. Washington,
Coalhouse, Coalhouse's Men
"Hear You" ..................................................... Coalhouse
 
Epilogue
"Wheels Of A Dream" &
"Ragtime" Reprise ..................................................... Company

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