Parental and personal discretion are encouraged.įor group ticket prices, contact TPAC Group Sales at or 61. Please note that this production contains the use of gunshots, haze, flashing lights, racial slurs and violence. If you have specific questions or concerns about this production please call Nashville Rep’s office at 61. Louis Symphony Orchestra was performing as the St. A few blocks away, the organization that would become today's St. We recognize that sensitivities vary from person to person. Chestnut Valley, near modern-day Union Station, provided a lifeline for countless musicians at the turn of the 20th century, where ragtime flowed freely at the Rosebud Caf. Morgan, and Evelyn Nesbit, Ragtime is the ultimate exploration of the diversity of human experience. Washington, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, J.P. Korey White plays ragtime musician Coalhouse Walker Jr. Ragtime, a precursor to jazz and relative of the blues, commonly considered the first purely American style of music, sparked a craze in the Progressive Era, to the dismay of those with more conventional musical sensibilities. Tateh (a genial Joshua Frink) is an artist from Latvia who arrives with his daughter (Rhea Greer) convinced America will be all he had hoped. Featuring a mix of fictional characters along with many of the celebrities and historical figures that shaped turn-of-the-century America, including Henry Ford, Booker T. From here, a completely original and controversial sound emerged. A wealthy white couple, a Jewish immigrant father and his motherless daughter, and a Black ragtime musician each pursue their own version of the American Dream at the turn of the 20th century. Some of the big musicians in dance bands were Paul Whiteman, Nat, Shilkret, Etc. The big music in the 1920’s was dance bands, Jazz, Blues, and Broadway. In the late 1920’s jazz started to have a heavy influence. Nashville Rep presents Ragtime, the epic musical tapestry in which three families’ stories intertwine in restless New York City. Early 1920s ragtime music had a heavy influence on dance.

Ragtime artists acting today