THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG's Michael Boatman And Michael Patrick Walker To Guest on The Leonard Lopate Show 7/21

Actor Michael Boatman and musical director Michael Patrick Walker, will be featured on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show" on Tuesday, July 21st from 12:40PM-1:00PM on 93.9FM and AM 820.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to present the New York premiere of the new musical The Tin Pan Alley Rag, written by Mark Saltzman, with Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin & Scott Joplin, directed by Stafford Arima.

The cast includes Randy Aaron, Michael Boatman, Derrick Cobey, Jenny Fellner, Rosena M. Hill, James Judy, Mark Ledbetter, Michael McCormick, Erick Pinnick, Tia Speros, Michael Therriault, IDara Victor.

The Tin Pan Alley Rag tells the story of an imagined meeting of two of America's greatest musicians, composer Scott Joplin (Boatman) and songwriter Irving Berlin (Therriault). Joplin was a musical prodigy, born the son of a slave, who received a conservatory education and slowly rose to acclaim. Berlin was a Russian Jewish immigrant who couldn't read music, yet catapulted to stardom at the age of 23. Both men changed the landscape of music forever with their contributions to the first American musical genre, ragtime. Beneath Joplin and Berlin's toe-tapping, syncopated rhythms lay fascinating stories of fame, love and loss. In The Tin Pan Alley Rag, these tales come to vivid life and two great icons realize they have more in common than they ever suspected.

The Roundabout Theatre Company production is presented in association with Rodger Hess Productions, Inc.

TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street). Ticket prices range from $75.00-$85.00.
The Tin Pan Alley Rag will play a limited engagement through Sunday, September 6th.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
The Tin Pan Alley Rag will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.

Photo credit Walter McBride

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