| Speaking of Irving Berlin, I wonder if anyone else saw or remembers a sweet show that The Roundabout produced at the Laura Pels about a dozen (or more?) years ago called The Tin Pan Alley Rag, written by Mark Saltzman? The play covers Berlin's pre-World War 1 beginnings in show business and also tells the parallel story of Scott Joplin's rise to fame, ultimately imagining a meeting between the two composers. Though more a play than a musical, there were numbers by both men, comparing their different takes on ragtime music, perhaps rather simplistically. Details are hazy in my mind, but I do remember enjoying the production. |
