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Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. [1] Presented by New York City Center since 1994, Encores! has revived shows by Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others.
Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. ...
"That International Rag" is a song composed by Irving Berlin in 1913. [1] Berlin wrote the song the night before its debut, when he needed a new opening number for his act while on tour in England. Days before the song's composition, Berlin held a press conference that backfired and led the public to question his musical talent.
While the word ragtime was first known to be used in 1896, the term probably originates in the dance events hosted by plantation slaves known as “rags”. [4] The first recorded use of the term ragtime was by vaudeville musician Ben Harney who in 1896 used it to describe the piano music he played (which he had extracted from banjo and fiddle players).
Ragtime revival band The Blue Rags put a version on their 1997 album ”Rag-N-Roll". On their self-titled 2004 debut album, the Ditty Bops also covered the song as did The Livin' Blues, a 60s Dutch blues band. A rare video footage of the song with Cécile McLorin Salvant from 2014 brought life to the song on the internet.
Ernest Hogan. Ernest Hogan (born Ernest Reuben Crowdus; 1865 – May 20, 1909 [1]) was the first Black American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show, The Oyster Man in 1907, (shows at the African Grove Theatre preceded it by generations) and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.
Fannibals, here’s something to sink your teeth into. Hannibal stars Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen reunited for a panel at New York Comic Con Sunday to celebrate their gripping, gruesome drama ...
Sheet music cover, 1916 "Pretty Baby" is a song written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The song was remembered as being prominent in Jackson's repertory before he left New Orleans in 1912, but was not published until 1916. The background as to how the song came to be published has been confused over the years.