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According to The New York Times, "The chief competition for The Lion King was Ragtime, a lavish musical." [7] The New York Times also noted that "The season was an artistic success as well, creating one of the most competitive Tony contests in years, with a battle in almost every category capped by the titanic struggle for the best musical ...
New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater [3]) is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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.
New York City Center, home of, among other arts endeavors, the popular Encores! series of concert-style theatrical productions that recently gave Broadway one of its biggest current hits with Into ...
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).
For more than 20 years, the River Raisin Ragtime Revue has worked to preserve the history of America's original popular music.
Ragtime (I) is the second of three ballets made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 Ragtime for Eleven Instruments; with scenery by Robert Drew previously used for Lew Christensen's 1947 work for Ballet Society, Blackface; costumes by Karinska and lighting by David Hays.
In May 2024, it was announced Henry would star as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in a production of Ragtime at New York City Center opposite Kalukango, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz. The production opened on October 30 of that same year for a two week engagement. [47] Henry received rave reviews for his performance. [48]