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LIBRETTOBook byVOCALBOOKTerrence McNallyMusic byStephen FlahertyLyrics byLynn AhrensBased on "Ragtime" by E. L. DoctorowNOTICE: DO NOT DEFACE! Should you find it necessary to mark cuesor cuts, use a soft black lead pencil only.NOT FOR SALE This book is rented for the period specifiedin your contract. It remains the property of:Musrc THEATRE INTERNATIONAL421 West 54th StreetNew York NY 10019(212) 541-4684MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONALCopyrightwww.MTIShows.com1995 Ahrens and Flaherty and McN ally
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C H A R A CTERS(In Alphabetical Order)ADMIRAL PEARYBAND MEMBERSBARON ASHKENAZYBARON'S ASSISTANTBUREAUCRATSBLACK LAWYERBOOKER T. WASHINGTONBRIGITCHORINES & SOB SISTERSCLERKCOALHOUSECOALHOUSE'S GANGCONDUCTORDOCTOREMMA GOLDMANEVELYN NESBITFATHERFIREMENGRANDFATHERHARRY K. THAWHENRY FORDHENSONHOUDINIIMMIGRANTSJ.P. MORGANJUDGEJURY FOREMANKATHLEENLITTLE BOYLITTLE GIRLMOTHERMOURNERSMRS. WHITSTEINPEOPLE OF HARLEMPEOPLE OF NEW ROCHELLEPOLICEMANRALLYERSREPORTERSSARAHSARAH'S FRIENDSTANFORD WHITETATEHUMPIREVACATIONERSWELFARE OFFICIALWHITE ATTORNEYWHITMANWILLIE CONKLINYOUNGER BROTHERiii -
MUSICALNUMBERSACT ONE#1-Ragtime (Opening) .1 Opening1-2#lb-Ragtime (Harlem) .2 Harlem/Ragship1-3#le-Ragtime (Evelyn) .S LES/Vaudeville1-4#ld-Ragtime (Emma Windup) .6#le-Ragtime (Dance) .6 Conclusion1-5#lf-Ragtime (Conclusion) .71-6#2-Admiral Peary's March .7 Bon Voyage1-7#3-Goodbye, My Love .9 Goodbye1-8#4-]ourney On .10 Journey On1-9#4a-Evelyn's Introduction .1S Brother1-10#S-Crime of the Century (Part 1) .1S Crime1-11#Sa-Crime of the Century (Part 2: Reporters) .18 Reporter1-12#Sb-Crime of the Century (Part 3: Victrola) .19 Garden Baby#Sc-Houdini's Airplane .20#6-What Kind of Woman .211-13#6a -A Shtetl Iz Amereke (Ellis Island) .24 Shtetl1-14#7-Success (Part 1) .2S#7a -Success (Part 2) .26#7b-Success (Part 3) .28#7c-Success (Part 4) .30#7d-Success (Part S) .311-15#8-His Name Was Coalhouse Walker .32 Tempo Club1-16#9-The Gettin' Ready Rag (Part 1) .33#9a-The Gettin' Ready Rag (Part 2) .331-17#10-Henry Ford .34 Henry Ford1-18#10a-Henry Ford Playoff .36 Train Platform#11-Nothing Like The City .381-19#11a-Firemen/Coalhouse Crossover .40 Firehouse1-20#12-Your Daddy's Son .411-21#13-The Courtship .43 House#14-New Music .48#14a -New Music Playoff .SO1-22#1S-Wheels of a Dream .SO Car1-23#16-Tateh at the Loom .S2 Loom1-24#16a-The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square (Part 1) .S2 Union Square#16b-The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square (Part 2) .S3#16c-Lawrence, Mass. Sequence .SS Train1-25#17-Gliding .S6#17a -Gliding (Part 2) .S8#18-Booker T. Washington's Speech .S9 Tollroad1-26#18a -The Trashing of the Car .60 Car#19-Justice1-27.- iv -61
1-28#19a-President .631-29#20-Till We Reach That Day .64PresidentFuneralACT TWO#21-Entr'acte .682-1#23-Coalhouse's Soliloquy .68#24-Coalhouse Demands (Part 1) .68#24a-Coalhouse Demands (Part 2) .69#24b-Coalhouse Demands (Part 3) .69#24c-Coalhouse Demands (Part 4) .722-2. 722-3#25-What Game! .752-4#25a-Fire in the City .802-5#26-Atlantic City (Part 1) . 812-6#26a-Atlantic City (Part 2) .822-6.5#26b-Atlantic City (Part 3) .83#24d-Coalhouse Demands (Part 5).I Despise YouBaseballAtlantic CityEve & Harry#26c-Nothing Like the City (Reprise) .862-7#27-Buffalo Nickel Photoplay Inc. .87#27a-Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc. (Playoff) . 88#27b-Houdini & The Little Boy .892-8#27c-A Day at the Beach .89Beach#28-Our Children . 91#28a-Our Children (Scene) .922-9#29-Harlem Sequence (Part 1) .93#29a -Harlem Sequence (Part 2) .94#29b-Harlem Pas De Deux . 95#30-Sarah Brown Eyes .952-10#30a-He Wanted to Say Scene .97#31-He Wanted to Say (Vocal Tag) . 98#31-He Wanted to Say (Alternate) .982-11#31a-Explosion/Booker T's Second Speech .1002-12#32-Back to Before .1022-13#33-Look What You've Done (Part 1) . 1042-14#33a-Look What You've Done (Part 2) .105Booker TMorgan LibraryInterior#33b-Look What You've Done (Part 3) . 106#33c-Look What You've Done (Part 4) . 107#33d-Look What You've Done (Part 5) . 108#34-Make Them Hear You . 109#34a-Underscore: After "Make Them Hear You" . 1112-15#35 -Epilogue: Ragtime (Part 1) .112#35a -Epilogue (Part 2: Wheels of a Dream) .113#36-Bows2-16114.#37-Exit Music .114- v -March of Time
BYCHARACTERSONGS#24d -Coalhouse DemandsBOOKER T. WASHINGTONP( art 5)#24c-CoalhouseDemands(Part 4). . . . . . . . . . . 72A( lternate)#33a-Look What You'veDone (Part 2). . . . . . . . . . . . .107#1 -Ragtime O( pening). . . . . . .1#lb-Ragtime H( arlem). . . . . . .2#ld-Ragtime (Emma Windup) . . 6CHORINES & SOB SISTERS#lf-Ragtime C( onclusion) . . . . .7#5 -Crime of the#10-Henry Ford . . . . . . . . . . .34Century P( art 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15#13-TheCourtship . . . . . . . . . .43#Sb -Crime of the CenturyP( art 3: Victrola). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105#33c-Look What You'veDone (Part 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72#31-He Wanted to Say#14-New Music. . . . . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . . . .48#20- Till WeReach ThatDay . .64#24a-CoalhouseDemandsCOALHOUSE(Part 2)#8-His Name WasCoalhouse Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69#25- What Game!. . . . . . . . . . .32. . . . . . . . . .75#26a-AtlanticCity (Part 2) . . .82#9-The Gettin'#26b-AtlanticCity (Part 3) . . .83ReadyRag (Part 1) . . . . . . . . . .33#32- Back to Before#9a-The Gettin'. . . . . . . . 102#33b-Look What You'veReadyRag (Part 2) . . . . . . . . . .33Done (Part 3)#10-Henry Ford . . . . . . . . . . .34. . . . . . . . . . . . .106#13-TheCourtship . . . . . . . . . .43#35-Epilogue:Ragtime#14-New Music(Part 1). . . . . . . . . . .48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112#15- Wheels of aDream . . . . . .50#35a-Epilogue#19-Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61(Part 2: Wheels of aDream) . . .113#19-Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61EMMA GOLDMAN#20- Till WeReachThatDay . .64#16b-The NightThat#23-Coalhouse's Soliloquy . . . .68Goldman Spoke at#24d-CoalhouseDemands(Part 5). . . . . . .#30- Sarah BrownEyes. . .Union Square (Part 2) . . . . . . . .53. . . 72#20-Till WeReachThatDay . .64. . . . . .95#31-He Wanted to Say#31-He Wanted to Say( Vocal Tag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98(Alternate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98#31-He Wanted to Say#34- Make ThemHear You . . .109(Alternate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98#35a-EpilogueEVELYN NESBITP( art 2: Wheels of aDream) . . . 113#le -Ragtime E( velyn) . . . . . . . . 5COALHOUSE'S GANG#5-Crime of the#24b-CoalhouseDemandsP( art 3)Century P( art 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69#26-AtlanticCity (Part 1). . .81#26b-Atlantic City P( art 3) . . .83vi
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LIBRETTO VOCAL BOOK Book by Terrence McNally Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Based on "Ragtime" by E. L. Doctorow MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL NOTICE: DO NOT DEFACE! Should you find it necessary to mark cues or cuts, use a soft black lead pencil only. NOT FOR SALE This book is rented for the period specified in your contract. It remains the property of: Musrc
