NewsPHOTO CALL: Berlin and Joplin Meet Off-Broadway in Tin Pan Alley RagMichael Therriault and Michael Boatman star as Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin, respectively, in Mark Saltzman's musical play The Tin Pan Alley Rag, now playing Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre.
By
Ernio Hernandez
June 26, 2009
Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz) directs the production featuring songs of Berlin and Joplin. Boatman and Therriault lead a cast that also includes Randy Aaron, Derrick Cobey, Jenny Fellner, Rosena M. Hill, James Judy, Mark Ledbetter, Michael McCormick, Erick Pinnick, Tia Speros and Idara Victor.
The Tin Pan Alley Rag "tells the story of an imagined meeting of two of America's greatest musicians, composer Scott Joplin (Boatman) and songwriter Irving Berlin (Therriault)," according to show notes.