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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