Ezekiel attended Mississippi College and for undergraduate studies and postgraduate studies at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the University of Southern Mississippi.ĭanyel Fulton ( Sarah) Favorite credits include: The Wiz (Dorothy, The Muny), Jasper In Deadland, (Ammut, Prospect Theater Company), Hair (Dionne, 2nd National Tour) Ragtime,(Sarah,The 5th Ave and Asolo Rep), The Trip To Bountiful, (Thelma, Capital Repertory Theater), The Wiz, (Dorothy, Harlem Repertory Theater), Ain’t Misbehavin, (Charlayne, HRT), Time To Love, (Aisha, National Black Theater). Other roles include the title role of Rigoletto in Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Mississippi Opera Young Artist Program, Jake in Porgy and Bess, The Pirate King in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Company), and Jim in Roger Miller’s Big River (Utah Shakespeare Festival). As a lover of Disney cartoons, Andrew has played several of his favorite Disney characters including King Triton in The Little Mermaid (LaComedia Dinner Theater), Kerchak in Tarzan (Lubbock Moonlight Musicals) Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Company), and most recently the Beast in Beauty and the Beast (White Plains Performing Arts Company). ![]() Casting for Ragtime is provided by Associate Artistic Director, Megan Larche Dominick, CSA.Įzekiel Andrew ( Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) A crossover artist of both opera and musical theater, Ezekiel Andrew has delighted audiences across the county. Joining her on the production are Brad Haak as musical director, Kevin Depinet as set designer, Colleen Grady as costume designer, Matthew Richards as lighting designer, and Andrew Harper as sound designer. Washington”), Kim Stengel (“Emma Goldman”), Josh Walden (“Houdini”), Denise Ward, LaBraska Washington, and Phil Young.Īs previously announced, Ragtime, will be directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who was nominated for a Tony Award® for Best Direction for the 2009 revival of Ragtime. Rounding out the company Doug Atkins (“Willie Conklin”), Kevin Cooney (“Grandfather”), Emma Degerstedt (“Evelyn Nesbit”), Chris DeProphetis (“Henry Ford”), Trey Harrington, Paul Hope (“JP Morgan”), Mark Jammal, Regina Morgan, Rachel Osting, Rebecca Russell, Stephonne Smith (“Booker T. Leading off the cast is Ezekiel Andrew as “Coalhouse Walker, Jr.,” Danyel Fulton as “Sarah,” Evan Kinnane as “Younger Brother,” Courtney Markowitz as “Mother,” Ryan Silverman as “Father,” and Robert Petkoff, reprising his Broadway role as “Tateh.” Maya Kaul as “Little Girl”, Michael Karash as “Little Boy,” and Noah Gamarra and Rayekeis Smith sharing the role of “Coalhouse Walker III”. I love works of theatre that give us some answers and inspire us to create a more equitable society.” We’re still grappling with issues of race, class, gender equality and political clashing. “Twenty years after Ragtime opened on Broadway, the themes it dealt with are even more relevant today. “ Ragtime is set in the first years of the 20th Century and follows the story of three families in pursuit of the American Dream,” said Dan Knechtges. Doctorow’s powerful book about immigrants and the fight for the American soul in the early twentieth century, Ragtime is a deeply moving musical. Perhaps if I hadn't seen the movie I might never have happened upon the book, and never known what I'd missed.Theatre Under The Stars is excited to announce its cast for Ragtime.īased on E.L. Another way of looking at this, as an introduction to the book, rather than vice versa it has some value on those terms. And I believe that on its own terms it succeeds admirably, and remains one of my favorite movies of all time. So instead of looking at it as an attempt to fully capture the book, it might be best to simply appreciate it for what it is, rather than what it isn't. Personally, having read the book some time after seeing the movie, I can understand their point, but realistically it's the type of book which would be nearly be impossible to do justice to, as there are so many broad interwoven threads in the book that it would require at least a 6 hour movie to even scratch the surface, and even then, putting it all together into a singular coherent whole which would hold the viewer's interest for that long would be quite a mean feat indeed. ![]() A short commentary: Having read through a few of the comments here, I note that there are several which express disappointment that the movie didn't do the book justice.
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