![]() ![]() Nesbit performs "Crime of the Century" as a vaudeville act which tells the true tale of her lover's murder. He feels like "a firework, unexploded." He sees all of Nesbit's shows. Mother's Younger Brother is in love with Evelyn Nesbit. Simultaneously, Mother wonders what this year without her husband will bring. Tateh and Father wave to one another Father admires the immigrants for their naiive bravery in coming to a new land, ("Journey On") and Tateh questions Father's reasons for leaving such a place. Mother bids him "Goodbye My Love." On its way out of the harbor, Father's ship passes a "rag ship" filled with immigrants, arriving in New York. At the dock, he consoles Mother that everything will be the same upon his return. Whites, African-Americans, immigrants and celebrities are set on a collision course in the stunning opening number, "Ragtime."įather is accompanying Admiral Peary on a trip to the North Pole. Morgan, Henry Ford, Evelyn Nesbit and Emma Goldman. The lives of these three American families are entwined with the likes of Booker T. Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island, and we meet Tateh, an artist who makes silhouettes, and his Little Girl. ![]() Next, we go to Harlem to meet Coalhouse Walker Jr., a ragtime pianist, and his girlfriend, Sarah. They are oblivious to people other than their own kind. We are introduced to the social and political climate of the United States in the early 20th century by meeting the all the characters in the show-famous celebrities of the time as well as fictional "private citizens." First, we visit New Rochelle to meet a well-to-do white family: Mother, Father (a manufacturer of fireworks) and their Little Boy, Mother's Younger Brother, and Grandfather. ![]()
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