Great song and a great singer in a much underrated show. (I had attended the pre-Broadway tryout here in Boston in '86.) Only negative...Headsets are a deal breaker for me !!!
This is probably one of the most terrifying and sad musical theatre songs ever written. That's meant as a compliment to Mr. Schwartz, but if I didn't know any better I would have never thought this was one of his.
@Robert Lee, Countertenor Well, but you're a countertenor. Do you also hate operatic arias when they're sung out of context? We all have our biases, but I think you have to admit that, objectively speaking, this is a great song.
This reworking of the book seems less effective than the Stratas performance. It all seems so contrived whilst the other one there was a plot adventure and yearning that fit the composition. Ragtime is such a befuddled mess and seemingly a late 20th C . mystery that nobody seems to be able to rework to it’s deserving success it should have .
