Rags

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Rags is a lesser-known Broadway musical by composer Stephen Schwartz that explores the struggles and hopes of Jewish immigrants in early 20th-century America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
bookBy Joseph Stein
broadwayClosingDate 1986-08-23
broadwayOpeningDate 1986-08-21
centralTheme American Dream
Jewish immigration to the United States
assimilation and identity
struggles of immigrants
composer Stephen Schwartz
criticalReputation admired score despite short run
cult favorite
focusesOn cultural displacement
labor and sweatshop conditions
life on the Lower East Side
genre musical theatre
hasCastRecording Rags
surface form: Rags (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
hasRevisedVersion Rags (revised 1991 version)
Rags
surface form: Rags (revised 2017 version)
lyricist Stephen Schwartz
musicalStyle Broadway
notableRevivalLocation Goodspeed Opera House
notableSong Blame It on the Summer Night
Brand New World
Children of the Wind
Rags
originalBroadwayTheatre Mark Hellinger Theatre
originalCastLead Teresa Stratas
originalCastLeadRole Rebecca Hershkowitz
originalCastMember Judy Kuhn
Larry Kert
Lonny Price
originalCastRecordingLabel MCA Records
originalLanguage English
originalProducer Shubert Organization
surface form: The Shubert Organization
periodDepicted circa 1910
premiereCity New York City
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premiereDate 1986-08-21
premiereLocation Mark Hellinger Theatre
protagonistName Rebecca Hershkowitz
settingPlace Lower East Side
New York City
settingTime early 20th century
subject Jewish immigrants in early 20th-century America
totalBroadwayPerformances 4

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