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Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle.
With its time frame set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, this chamber piece with a cast of five provides a musical history lesson focusing on an exciting and tumultuous period in American history. During this time, the country's population doubled, expanded by increased immigration that changed the cultural and ethnic makeup of the nation. The transcontinental railroad and Carnegie Hall were built, electricity and the telephone were introduced to homes, cowboy Theodore Roosevelt became President of ...Read More
Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle.
With its time frame set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, this chamber piece with a cast of five provides a musical history lesson focusing on an exciting and tumultuous period in American history. During this time, the country's population doubled, expanded by increased immigration that changed the cultural and ethnic makeup of the nation. The transcontinental railroad and Carnegie Hall were built, electricity and the telephone were introduced to homes, cowboy Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States, automobiles joined horse-drawn carriages on city streets, and children worked in factories for twenty-five cents a day.
Tintypes opens with a quintessential immigrant, a mime eventually introduced to a variety of characters, including hopeful strivers and dream-filled achievers among the common folk and politician William Jennings Bryan, radical Emma Goldman, inventors Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and glamorous entertainer Anna Held among the famous.
The score, featuring works by George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin, and Victor Herbert, among others, is a blend of the patriotic songs, romantic tunes, and ragtime popular during the era.
The revue originally was produced by the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.. An off-Broadway production opened on April 17, 1980 at the York Theatre, where it ran for 137 performances.
[edit] Song list
Act I
Ragtime Nightingale
The Yankee Doodle Boy
Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay!
I Don't Care
Come Take a Trip in My Airship
Kentucky Babe
A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Stars and Stripes Forever
Electricity
El Capitan
Pastime Rag
Meet Me in St. Louis
Solace
Waltz Me Around Again Willie
Wabash Cannonbal
In My Merry Oldsmobile
Wayfaring Stranger
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Aye, Lye, Lyu Lye
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
America the Beautiful
Wait for the Wagon
What It Takes to Make Me Love You, You've Got It
The Maiden With the Dreamy Eyes
If I Were on the Stage (Kiss Me Again)
Shortnin' Bread
Nobody
Elite Suncopations
I'm Goin' to Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die
Act II
The Ragtime Dance
I Want What I Want When I Want It
It's Delightful to Be Married
Fifty-Fifty
American Beauty
Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
Narcissus
Jonah Man
When It's All Goin' Out and Nothin' Comin' In
We Shall Not Be Moved
Hello, Ma Baby
Teddy Da Roose
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
She's Gettin' More Like the White Folks Every Day
You're a Grand Old Flag
The Yankee Doodle Boy (Reprise)
Toyland
Smiles
[edit] Nominations
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Thigpen)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Zaks)
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Mignini and Wright)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
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