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I said out loud, about as loudly as I could, “This is mine.” I left that first audition and said “This is mine.” So I held onto that. SHANNON: None of us had any business singing those roles and even though I was drawn to Mother, I never expected that that was a role that I would play, but when this opportunity came up, I’ll have to be honest, I just claimed it. I used to listen to the concept album when it initially came out and then heard the cast album and for years after that, my ex-husband and I used to ride around in the car and actually sing as Sarah and Coalhouse. VCOS: Shannon, how about you? Tell me about Mother.

So it’s a story I’ve wanted to tell for a really long time. As I grew up, thankfully not in the same way – I never knew his struggles, fortunately – still, I know this guy, I feel like I really connect with this character in that he’s a strong, Jewish man with a lot of passion and emotion and deep love for his family. This is a once in a lifetime kind of role. MARC: I just wanted to be a part of it but the second the show started, I saw this passionate Jewish man who has such a powerful heart and wears his emotions on his sleeve and such a deep love for his child, and I said, “I have to play this guy. VCOS: Did you have your eye on playing Tateh or did you just want to be a part of it?

#PASADENA PLAYHOUSE RAGTIME CAST FULL#

It was just something I couldn’t wait to do and now that I’m able to do it at the Pasadena Playhouse with a cast full of incredibly talented performers who also happen to be friends is something I wasn’t expecting so I’m so happy and proud to be a part of it. But I was really drawn to it and had to go back and see it three more times because I was just blown away and moved by it, and it was funny and timely, but it was almost never untimely because things have been this way for such a long time and it was such an important piece then and now. I saw the original cast on Broadway not knowing anything about it except for knowing a handful of the performers who I really admired. MARC: This is definitely one of the shows that I’ve been waiting to do for the better part of 20 years now.

There are “shows” and there are “shows-that-I-would-kill-to-be-in.” Is Ragtime one of those shows? VCOS: I know that both of you are excited about doing Ragtime but I wanted to ask something about it first.

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