Rags
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Previews Began: August 5, 1986
Opening Night: Aug 21, 1986
Closing Night: August 23, 1986
Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Book: Joseph Stein
Jewish immigrants in 1910 discover that America does not deliver what they thought it promised even as they find romance, fight for labor equality, and experience disappointment and tragedy.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
I Remember…………………………..Homesick Immigrant
Greenhorns………….The Americans, New Immigrants
Brand New World………………..Rebecca Hershkowitz,
David Hershkowitz
Children of the Wind……………Rebecca Hershkowitz,
David Hershkowitz,
Avram Cohen
Penny A Tune……………..Rachel Halpern, Klezmorim,
Peddlers, Workers
Easy for You…………………Saul, Rebecca Hershkowitz,
David Hershkowitz
Hard To Be a Prince……………………Hamlet, Company
Blame It On the Summer
Night…………………Rebecca Hershkowitz, Clarinettist
For My Mary…………………………………Irish Tenor, Ben
Rags……………………………..Bella Cohen, Avram Cohen
What’s Wrong With That?………………..Frankie, Mike,
“Big Tim” Sullivan,
Nathan Hershkowitz
On the Fourth Day of July……………..Picnickers, Band
In America…………………………..Rebecca Hershkowitz,
Nathan Hershkowitz
ACT TWO
Yankee Boy……………Nathan Hershkowitz, Neighbors
Uptown…………………………………Nathan Hershkowitz,
Rebecca Hershkowitz
Wanting……………………….Rebecca Hershkowitz, Saul
Three Sunny Rooms………………………Rachel Halpern,
Avram Cohen
The Sound of Love…………….Ben, David Hershkowitz,
Shoppers
For My Mary (Reprise)………………….Bella Cohen, Ben
Democratic Club Dance……….Rebecca Hershkowitz,
Nathan Hershkowitz,
“Big Tim” Sullivan, Mike,
Mrs. Sullivan, Democrats, Band
Prayer……Avram Cohen, Rebecca Hershkowitz, Men
Bread and Freedom……..Rosa, Rebecca Hershkowitz,
Esther, Sam
Dancing With the Fools………..Rebecca Hershkowitz,
Nathan Hershkowitz,
Strikers
Finale…………………………………..Rebecca Hershkowitz,
David Hershkowitz,
New Immigrants,
Americans
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Teresa Stratas Rebecca Hershkowitz
Larry Kert Nathan Hershkowitz
John Aller Guard
Mr. Rosen
Wealthy New Yorker
Herschel Cohen
Evalyn Baron Anna Cohen
Gabriel Barre Sam
Laertes
Ragman
Man on Stilts
Josh Blake David Hershkowitz
Marshall Coid Violinist
Michael Cone An American
Rosencrantz
Irish Tenor (Recording)
Frankie
Michael Davis An American
Wealthy New Yorker
Mike
Rex Everhart “Big Tim” Sullivan
Joan Finkelstein Esther
Wealthy New Yorker
Andy Gale Homesick Immigrant
Recruiter
Thug
Italian Tenor
Joanna Glushak Social Worker
An Avid Shopper
Ophelia
Wealthy New Yorker
Italian Tenor’s Mother
Bill Hastings Wealthy New Yorker
Wendy Kimball Wealthy New Yorker
Irish Girl
Judy Kuhn Bella Cohen
Dick Latessa Avram Cohen
Audrey Lavine Rosa
Irish Girl’s Mother
Mordecai Lawner Jack Cohen
Marcia Lewis Rachel Halpern
Terrence Mann Saul
Devon Michaels Morris
Lonny Price Ben
Robert Radford Wealthy New Yorker
Irma Rogers Nathan’s Landlady
Gertrude
Violinist’s Mother
Stan Rubin Recruiter
Editor of Newspaper
Mr. Bronstein
A Passerby
Peter Samuel Guard
Cigar Boss
Hamlet
Wealthy New Yorker
Thug
Bonnie Schon Millie
Morris’ Mother
Mrs. Sullivan
Catherine Ulissey Wealthy New Yorker
Swings: Mark Fotopoulos, Patti Mariano, Cissy Rebich