Nothing Like the City

Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical & Alex Strange & Lea Michele & Gordon Stanley & Peter Friedman & Marin Mazzie * Track #11 On Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical

1998

Nothing Like the City by Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical (Ft. Alex Strange, Gordon Stanley, Lea Michele, Marin Mazzie & Peter Friedman)

Release Date

Tue Apr 28 1998

Performed by

Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The MusicalAlex Strange & Lea Michele & Gordon Stanley & Peter Friedman & Marin Mazzie

Produced by

Jay David Saks

Writed by

Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens & Terrence McNally

About

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...

Nothing Like the City Lyrics

[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 Q&A

Who wrote Nothing Like the City's ?

Nothing Like the City was written by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens & Terrence McNally.

Who produced Nothing Like the City's ?

Nothing Like the City was produced by Jay David Saks.

When did Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical release Nothing Like the City?

Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical released Nothing Like the City on Tue Apr 28 1998.

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