She has his baby and they'd like to get married. The main story is about Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Doctorow's book is made into a fine film which got a whole bunch of Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director for Milos Forman and Supporting player nominations for Howard Rollins, Jr. And Rhinelander Waldo was not NYPD Police Commissioner until 1910 and he was much younger than James Cagney. Simpson were given that dubious distinction. The Stanford White murder took place in 1906 and was then called the crime of the century. He succeeded to the presidency when Willima McKinley was assassinated. Fairbanks was running for Vice President because Roosevelt had no Vice President in his first term. He wasn't even Vice President then, just a Senator from Indiana. It's quite a blend because Roosevelt and Fairbanks ran for re-election in 1904 as Fairbanks is shown delivering a campaign speech. Washington is here too, as are the principals of the Stanford White murder, and New York City Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo. Teddy figures into this briefly as does his Vice President Charles Fairbanks. Doctorow's novel about the Teddy Roosevelt years of the first decade of the last century. Ragtime revives some of that dubious tradition in filming E.L. How do you decide which shows to bring kids to? Leave a comment or anecdote here or at our Facebook page.Back in the day when Hollywood was grinding out B westerns it wasn't unusual at all to see famous folks of the west in stories that had absolutely nothing to do with their own lives or to see many famous people interacting when they never even met in real life. “In looking over the description of Motion Picture Association of America ratings, I believe our production would receive a PG rating,” says Ragtime Director and NWT Artistic Director Bob Navis Jr. Perhaps less problematic, but worth noting, is a striptease played for comic effect and containing some pretty sexy and scanty clothing, though there is no nudity. There is a smaller amount of other swearing, though the expletives are not of a sexual nature. A racial slur beginning with “n” is used several times during the show – sometimes in the most hateful way possible and other times by African Americans rejecting it. There is no graphic violence but there are deaths by beating and by gunshot - portrayed in a stylized theatrical manner and without blood. (See our show description here.) It’s about beauty, dreams and reconciliation for sure, but it’s also about power, bigotry and brutality. Ragtime is a vigorous and heartfelt portrayal of races and classes encountering each other in the early 20 th century. We won’t spoil the plot, but anyone wanting to be completely surprised by Ragtime may not want to read on. Some ticket buyers are understandably asking: Should I bring older children, and if so, how old should they be? Since Near West Theatre offers a 12-and-under ticket price (it’s $6 for kids, $8 for adults), we want you to have information to aid in your decision. Ragtime is a majestic, intense and important musical that is not for most young children, owing to episodes of violence and racial epithets. One beauty of live theater is also a challenge: there are no movie-style ratings to guide parents and guardians in deciding whether a show is appropriate for their children.
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