Tintypes

Tintypes
Original Cast Recording
Music	arranged by: Mel Marvin
Lyrics	Various
Book	Mel Marvin Gary Pearle
Productions	1980 Broadway

Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle.

With its time frame set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, this chamber piece with a cast of five provides a musical history lesson focusing on an exciting and tumultuous period in American history. During this time, the country's population doubled, expanded by increased immigration that changed the cultural and ethnic makeup of the nation. The transcontinental railroad and Carnegie Hall were built, electricity and the telephone were introduced to homes, cowboy Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States, automobiles joined horse-drawn carriages on city streets, and children worked in factories for twenty-five cents a day.

Tintypes opens with a quintessential immigrant, a mime eventually introduced to a variety of characters, including hopeful strivers and dream-filled achievers among the common folk and politician William Jennings Bryan, radical Emma Goldman, inventors Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and glamorous entertainer Anna Held among the famous.

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.

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. The cast was Lynne Thigpen, Jerry Zaks, Trey Wilson, Carolyn Mignini, and Mary Catherine Wright.

An original cast recording was released by DRG.

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

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

External links

• Tintypes at the Internet Broadway Database
• Tintypes at the Music Theatre International website