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8.00PM CITY HALL THEATRE
The limitless talents of Bermuda’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society come together once again in this epic musical, directed by Vivienne Elborne and Mark Dorrell.
Ragtime paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty; freedom and prejudice; hope and despair; and love and hate.
The score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is just as diverse as the melting pot of America that it seeks to recreate. It draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to colour the haunting music and yearning lyrics of the immigrants; Vaudeville’s outrageous style to capture the spectacle of Evelyn Nesbit; and Joplin and Jazz to evoke the enlivened spirit of Harlem.
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