Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
Marin Mazzie
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Mark Jacoby & Peter Friedman & Duane Martin Foster & & Marin Mazzie
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Steven Sutcliffe & Lynnette Perry & Mike O’Carroll &
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Anne Kanengeiser & & Bruce Winant & Steven Sutcliffe & Marin Mazzie
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & & Lea Michele & Peter Friedman
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Lea Michele & Jim Corti & Judy Kaye & Mike O’Carroll & Peter Friedman
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Brian Stokes Mitchell
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Brian Stokes Mitchell
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & & & Brian Stokes Mitchell
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Alex Strange & Lea Michele & Gordon Stanley & Peter Friedman & Marin Mazzie
Audra McDonald
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & & Alex Strange & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Marin Mazzie
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Audra McDonald & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Steven Sutcliffe & Marin Mazzie & Mark Jacoby
Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald
Steven Sutcliffe & Lea Michele & Judy Kaye & Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman & Joe Lacarro
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald & Tommy Hollis &
Brian Stokes Mitchell & Marin Mazzie & Steven Sutcliffe & Mark Jacoby & Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald & Audra McDonald & Mike O’Carroll & Steven Sutcliffe
Marin Mazzie & Judy Kaye & Brian Stokes Mitchell & & Steven Sutcliffe & Peter Friedman
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
Jim Corti & Alex Strange & Marin Mazzie
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Tommy Hollis &
Mark Jacoby & Alex Strange
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
Lynnette Perry & Mark Jacoby & Jim Corti & Marin Mazzie
Peter Friedman
Marin Mazzie & Peter Friedman
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Judy Kaye & Steven Sutcliffe
Marin Mazzie
Tommy Hollis & Brian Stokes Mitchell & Judy Kaye & Mark Jacoby & Steven Sutcliffe
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
After a wealthy stranger offers to buy the Little Girl from him, Tateh abandons his destitute life in New York City and leaves for Boston with his daughter. On the train, they meet Mother and the Little Boy for the first time and make small talk. The Little Boy has a premonition that the two familie...
[TATEH, spoken]
Mister, please, where is this?
[CONDUCTOR, spoken]
You're in New Rochelle. You can take the rope off her. This ain't the city.
[LITTLE BOY, spoken]
Mother!
[MOTHER, spoken]
I see! I see! He's afraid of losing her. Immigrants are terrified of losing their children. So are we but just not so conspicuously. Don't stare. It's not polite to stare.
[TATEH, spoken]
He's a rude little boy. Ignore him. People of good breeding do not stare at other people. They acknowledge them politely with a bow—like this.
(sung)
Good day
[MOTHER]
Good day, sir
[TATEH]
She called me "sir"
Without a doubt
We're really out
Of New York City
[MOTHER]
Fine weather, isn't it?
[TATEH]
Isn't it?
Now that we're out of the city
Isn't it?
[TATEH & MOTHER]
Nothing like the city
[LITTLE GIRL, spoken]
He's still staring!
[TATEH, spoken]
Never mind
[LITTLE BOY]
My father's at the North Pole
With Admiral Peary and Eskimos
Where is your mother?
[LITTLE GIRL]
Dead
[MOTHER, spoken]
Edgar!
[LITTLE BOY]
My name is Edgar
We're off to visit our fireworks factory
What is your name?
[LITTLE GIRL]
No name
[LITTLE BOY]
That's impossible
Everyone has a name
Even the little Negro baby
Who lives in our attic
[MOTHER]
Shh—do not be rude
He talks
[LITTLE BOY]
I never knew anyone
Who stayed on a rope
Like a puppy dog
What does it feel like?
[TATEH]
I see that
[LITTLE GIRL]
Safe
[MOTHER]
He also stares
[LITTLE BOY]
Safe?
[MOTHER]
You'd think he'd never
Seen someone
From New York City
[LITTLE GIRL]
Yes
[LITTLE BOY]
Everyone's safe
In New Rochelle
[TATEH]
That's children
Isn't it?
[LITTLE GIRL]
Safe?
[MOTHER]
Isn't it?
[LITTLE BOY]
Yes
[MOTHER & TATEH]
Always another surprise
Isn't it
[CONDUCTOR, spoken]
Boston Post Road trolley! Boston!
[MOTHER, spoken]
Well
[TATEH, spoken]
Well
(sung)
Have a pleasant day, ma'am
[MOTHER]
Have a pleasant trip, sir
[MOTHER & TATEH]
Nothing like the city
[CONDUCTOR, spoken]
Mamaroneck! All aboard for Mamaroneck!
[LITTLE BOY, spoken]
We know those people.
[MOTHER, spoken]
That's ridiculous. They're poor foreigners.
[LITTLE BOY, spoken]
Then we're going to know them.
[MOTHER, spoken]
Who put such thoughts in your head?
Nothing Like the City was written by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens & Terrence McNally.
Nothing Like the City was produced by Jay David Saks.
Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical released Nothing Like the City on Tue Apr 28 1998.