freshman year of high school, the drama club put together a trip to broadway. i’d seen shows in boston before, but never on broadway. ragtime was the perfect first show for me. the show is so massive, they actually built a new theatre to fit its epic scale. if any of you have even a passing interest in the theatre, i highly recommend it.

at the time, though, what impressed us the most was that the male lead was brian stokes mitchell, whom you all know as trevor, hillary’s idiot fiance from the fresh prince of bel air. you’d never know it from fresh prince, but this guy seriously fucking talented. if i were you, i’d go out and get the ragtime soundtrack. it’s pretty frickin’ sweet.