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Tintypes

Original Broadway Version (1980)
This grand pageant of pre-World War I America chronicles the growing pains of a nation.

Tintypes is a tune-filled panorama; a musical melting pot; the Great American Songbook come to life. It offers snapshots – tintypes, if you will – ­of America in its last Age of Innocence. This Tony-nominated, nostalgic musical revue takes us back to turn-of-the-century America and is a brew of popular songs from 1890 to 1917.

The story of these changing times blazes to life in a tuneful, high-spirited brew of popular songs from 1890 to 1917, performed by five archetypes of the period: Anna Held, the beautiful music hall star; Emma Goldman, the notorious socialist; a black, female domestic worker; a Chaplin-esque Russian immigrant; and the outrageous Teddy Roosevelt, the youngest man ever to be elected President of the United States.

Despite its small cast, orchestra and unit set, Tintypes is an epic work about the end of an era. Filled with memorable songs of the era and both hilarious and moving storytelling, this is a perfect choice for theatres that are looking to educate, as well as entertain.

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Roles
PG
Rated
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Acts
Music by VariousVarious
Lyrics by VariousVarious

Ragtime Nightingale

The Yankee Doodle Boy

Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay!

I Don't Care

Come Take A Trip In My Airship

Kentucky Babe

A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Stars And Stripes Forever

Electricity

El Capitan

Pastime Rag

Meet Me In St. Louis

Wabash Cannon Ball

Waltz Me Around Again, Willie

In My Merry Oldsmobile

Wayfaring Stranger

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Ay, Lye, Luy Lye

I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

America The Beautiful

Wait For The Wagon

What It Takes To Make Me Love You - You've Got It

The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes

If I Were On The Stage (Kiss Me Again)

Shortnin' Bread

Nobody

Elite Syncopations

I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die

The Ragtime Dance

I Want What I Want When I Want It

It's Delightful To Be Married

Fifty-Fifty

Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life

Jonah Man

When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In

We Shall Not Be Moved

Hello, Ma Baby

Teddy Da Roose

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?

She's Gettin' More Like The White Folks Every Day

You're A Grand Old Flag

The Yankee Doodle Boy

Toyland

Smiles

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