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Portland Opera presents Ragtime
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O ne o f the m ost beloved and
admired novels o f modem times,
E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime, has come
to vibrant musical life. Proclaimed
“the Best Musical o f the Year” by
USA Today, the four-time Tony
A w a rd -w in n in g m u sic a l is a
timeless tale o f innocence lost and
freedom won.
Ragtime is a panoramic portrait of
three remarkable families - one
upper-middle class, white Anglo-
Saxon Protestant, one socialist
immigrant Jew, and one Harlem
black. As they embark on personal
voyages ofself-discovery, their lives
become dramatically intertwined
with one another and with real-life
historical characters including
Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, J.P.
Morgan and Booker T. Washington.
Ragtime is a cavalcade o f American
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Dolemite a.k.a. Rudy
Ray Moore
First time in Portland
“The Original Father of Rap will
be in Portland for one time only”
T h u rs d a y , A u g u s t 31, 2000
Montgomery Park
Show starts at 9 p.m.
Drinks by Doris’ Café Catering
$20 in advance. Tickets available through
Tickmaster (224-4400) and two other locations:
Doris’ Cafe 325 NE Russel 289-2940
Galore Paging, 3213 NE. Martin Luther King
Blvd., 288-9180
For more information, call Galore Paging at 288-
9180.
Immediately following performance at 11:30 p.m.,
there will be an official meet and greet with the
Dolemite man himself at 915 SW. 2nd Ave. in
downtown at “Da Club.”
Sponsored by Mind Elevation Inc., Pierre
Productions and
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life at the turn o f the century - an
age o f exciting transitions and great
change.
Ragtime is interwoven with pi votai
historic events such as Admiral
Peary’s expedition to the North
Pole, the sinking o f the Lusitania,
the birth o f the American labor
u nion, the d e v e lo p m e n t o f
assembly-line technology and the
dawn o f the automotive and motion
picture industries.
Ragtime, the musical will be playing
from September 5-10, 2000 at the
Keller Auditorium. Tickets are $20-
$60 and can be purchased at
Ticketmaster outlets or the Portland
Center for the Performing Arts on
S W Broadway and Main, and at the
Portland Opera offices, located at
1515 SW Morrison st. For more
inform ation, visit us online at
w w w . b r o a d w a y s e r i e s .c o m ,
w w w .ra g tim e th e m u sic a l
or
www.portlandopera.org.
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