Rags

E288286
Broadway musical stage musical

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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