Rags
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Rags is a 1986 Broadway musical with music by Charles Strouse that explores the struggles and aspirations of Jewish immigrants in early 20th-century America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rags canonical | 3 |
| Rags (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | 1 |
| Rags (musical) | 1 |
| Rags (revised 2017 version) | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| bookBy | Joseph Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Mark Hellinger Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castRecordingLabel | MCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | Ron Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closedOnBroadway | 1986-08-23 ⓘ |
| composer | Charles Strouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Gene Saks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Avram Cohen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bella Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Levitowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hershkowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Hershkowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Hershkowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Fiddler on the Roof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasCastRecording | original Broadway cast recording ⓘ |
| hasPremiereDate | 1986-08-21 ⓘ |
| hasRevisedVersion |
Goodspeed Opera House 1991 revision
ⓘ
Goodspeed Opera House 2017 revision ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Blame It on the Summer Night
NERFINISHED
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Brand New World NERFINISHED ⓘ Children of the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ Easy for You NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBroadwayPerformances | 4 ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadway | 1986-08-21 ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Michael Starobin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayCastMember |
Dick Latessa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judy Kuhn NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Kert NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonny Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresa Stratas NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrence Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Mark Hellinger Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy | The Shubert Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Lower East Side, Manhattan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Jewish immigrants
ⓘ
immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| theme |
assimilation and cultural identity
ⓘ
labor and sweatshop conditions ⓘ pursuit of the American Dream ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rags (musical)
this entity surface form:
Rags (revised 2017 version)
this entity surface form:
Rags (Original Broadway Cast Recording)