Tintypes

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::summary Musical ::

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Field	Value
name	Tintypes
image	TintypesLP.jpg
caption	Original Cast Recording
music	arranged by:
Mel Marvin
lyrics	Various
book	Mel Marvin
Gary Pearle
productions	1979 Washington
1980 Broadway
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::callout[type=note] the musical ::

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Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle. The score, featuring works by George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, Joseph E. Howard, Scott Joplin, and Victor Herbert, among others, is a blend of the patriotic songs, romantic tunes, and ragtime popular during the era between 1897 and 1914. The show features five actors representing various historical characters of the period, including Emma Goldman, Theodore Roosevelt, and Anna Held.

The revue originally was produced by the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. An off-Broadway production opened on April 17, 1980 at the York Theatre, where it ran for 137 performances. After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Pearle and choreographed by Kyte, opened on October 23, 1980 at the John Golden Theatre, where it ran for 93 performances.

An original cast recording was released by DRG, and the play was staged for television in 1982 with the original principals.

Cast

• Carolyn Mignini
• Lynne Thigpen
• Trey Wilson
• Mary Catherine Wright
• Jerry Zaks

Songs

;Act I

• 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
• Solace
• Waltz Me Around Again Willie
• Wabash Cannonball
• In My Merry Oldsmobile
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
• Aye, Lye, Lyu 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 ;Act II
• The Ragtime Dance
• I Want What I Want When I Want It
• It's Delightful to Be Married
• Fifty-Fifty
• American Beauty
• Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
• Narcissus
• Jonah Man
• When It's All Goin' Out and Nothin' Comin' In
• We Shall Not Be Moved
• Hello! Ma Baby
• Teddy Da Roose
• A Bird in a Gilded Cage
• Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
• She's Gettin' More Like the White Folks Every Day
• You're a Grand Old Flag
• The Yankee Doodle Boy (Reprise)
• Toyland
• Bethena
• Smiles

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

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Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1980	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Jerry Zaks
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Carolyn Mignini
Mary Catherine Wright
Outstanding Director of a Musical	Gary Pearle
Outstanding Choreography	Mary Kyte
1981	Tony Award	Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical	Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Lynne Thigpen
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References

References

1. "Tintypes, a CurtainUp review".
2. "Tintypes - Musical - The Guide to Musical Theatre".
3. "Playbill magazine".

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