Her acting grace and elegance also manifest itself in her song. Kyrie Courter plays Sara, perhaps the heartbeat of the production. She has a wonderful stage presence and a great smile. Lora Lee Gayer also stood out as “Mother.” Her singing was beautiful, poetic and she, too, almost launched the theater roof into the harbor. His voice practically blew the roof off the theater. Unfortunately for brevity I can only point out the outstanding five performances that I believe drove the show the most.ĭerrick Davis, who plays “Coalhouse” is a powerhouse of talented energy that bursts about the stage with a most memorable performance. One could compose multiple columns on the performances of the largest cast (17 actors) to ever grace the Bay Street stage. The resounding opening night applause proved their wisdom. A salute must go out to Artistic Director Scott Schwartz and Executive Director Tracy Mitchell and the Bay Street Board for “going big,” on this production. Will Pomerantz is also the Associate Artistic Director at Bay Street Theater. His brilliant concept of using the Bay Street stage to maximize sight lines, sound projection and pure drama is chess master- like. Yet it is the powerful adaptation by Director Will Pomerantz that launches this production into the stratosphere. The lyrics are by Lynn Ahern and the music by Stephen Flaherty. “Ragtime” book is by Terrence McNally but based on a novel by E.L. One cannot put into words the energy after the show ended and the thunderous applause that filled the theater. They knew they were seeing something special. One could see big smiles throughout the audience as the show progressed. There was thunderous applause after various powerful individual song performances along with the whole troupe numbers. The audience was in on this production right from the get-go. “Ragtime,” is running at the Bay Street Theater until August 28th, Visit for all information about show times and ticket purchases. There are so many individual roof raising performances, yet the show is so much more than the sum of these amazing exhibitions of top level singing, dancing and physical acting. Bay Street Theater’s powerful production of the musical “Ragtime”īay Street Theater’s powerful production of the musical “Ragtime” mesmerized the audience and at the end had them on their feet applauding wildly.
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