'Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.!' RAGTIME to Offer Lottery for Tickets

The John F. Kennedy Center's new production ofTerrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME, based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, features direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, and a majestic 28-piece orchestra led by musical director James Moore. 

RAGTIME has announced a special daily lottery ticketing event. The rules state that two hours before each performance of Ragtime, potential audience members will be invited to enter a lottery drawing at the Neil Simon Theatre located at 250 West 52nd Street for a limited number of $26.50 lottery tickets to that day's performance.

Selected names will be drawn at random ninety minutes prior to curtain time. There will be a limit of two tickets per person and tickets may be purchased using cash only. Winners must be present with valid identification at the time of the drawing to purchase their tickets.

The Broadway company will star Ron Bohmer (Father), Quentin Earl Darrington (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Christiane Noll (Mother), Robert Petkoff (Tateh), Bobby Steggert (Mother's Younger Brother),Stephanie Umoh (Sarah) with Christopher Cox (The Little Boy), Sarah Rosenthal(The Little Girl), Mark Aldrich (Willie Conklin), Aaron Galligan-Stierle(Henry Ford), Jonathan Hammond(Harry Houdini), Dan Manning(Grandfather), Michael X. Martin (J.P. Morgan), Michael McGowan(Stanford White), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman), Josh Walden(Harry K. Thaw),Savannah Wise (Evelyn Nesbit), Eric Jordan Young(Booker T. Washington).

The 40 member cast will also feature Sumayya Ali, Terence Archie,Corey Bradley, Jayden Brockington, Benjamin Cook, Carey Brown,Jennifer Evans, Carly Hughes, Lisa Karlin, Valisia LeKae, James Moye,Tracy Lynn Olivera, Mamie Parris, Bryonha Parham, Nicole Powell,Kaylie Rubinaccio, Arbender J. Robinson, Benjamin Schrader, Wallace Smith, Catherine Walker, Jim Weaver, Kylil Williams. RAGTIME begins performances on Broadway on Friday, October 23 and officially opens Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52 Street).

RAGTIME is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Furman, Max Cooper,Roger Berlind, Tom Kirdahy/Devlin Elliott, Jeffrey A. Sine, Scott Delman,Stephanie McClelland, Roy Miller, LAMS Productions, Inc., Jana Robbins,Wendy Federman, Jamie deRoy, Sheila Steinberg, Lauren Stevens, Eric Falkenstein/Morris Berchard, Independent Producers Network, HRH Foundationand Emanuel Azenberg in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The celebrated production team includes scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design bySanto Loquasto, lighting design by Donald Holder, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, hair and wig design by Edward J. Wilson and original orchestrations by William David Brohn.

RAGTIME originally opened on Broadway on January 18, 1998 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The musical garnered four Tony Awards® including Best Book, Original Score and Best Orchestrations. The beloved Ahrens and Flaherty score features some of the award-winning team's best-known songs including the title song, "Make Them Hear You" and the anthem "The Wheels of a Dream." RAGTIME tickets prices are $46.50, $86.50 and $126.50 (including $1.50 facility fee) and available by calling Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

RAGTIME will play the following preview schedule from October 23 - November 14:Tues., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. eve at 8p, Sun eve at 7:30p. Wed., Sat. and Sun. mat. at 2p. Dark Mon. Opening night November 15, 2009 and onward: Tues. eve. at 7p; Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. eve at 8p, Wed. and Sat. mat. at 2p; Sun. mat. at 3p. Dark Mon.

For more information visit, www.ragtimebroadway.com.

 

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski