Ragtime Finale Line
North Carolina Theatre and its production of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' Tony Award-winnning musical Ragtime directed by Joe Locarro and choregraphed by Antoinette DiPietropolo. This epic musical painted a nostalgic and powerful portrait of America in the early 1900's. Based on Ragtime Musical E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. The diversity of the Ragtime score featured traditional Jewish folk sounds, vaudeville, gospel and jazz.Everything was Ragtime!

In the role of Sarah's Friend, in North Carolina Theatre's star-filled cast, which included Norm Lewis, Michael Rupert and Julia Murney, Yolanda received noteworthy reviews! Yolanda also doubled roles in Ragtime as a Harlem Ensemble dancer which she enjoyed very much!
Yolanda in Ragtime
Yolanda as "Sarah's Friend" in Ragtime
Photo by Ray Barbour
Yolanda with Norm Lewis in Ragtime
Yolanda with Broadway's Norm Lewis
in North Carolina Theatre's Ragtime
Photo by Ray Barbour
Yolanda with Norm Lewis and Dauna Brown-Jessup in Ragtime
Yolanda dancing the Gettin' Ready Rag with Broadway's Norm Lewis and Dauna Brown-Jessup in North Carolina Theatre's Ragtime
Photo by Ray Barbour
Yolanda with Julia Murney and Steven Green in Ragtime
Yolanda as Sarah's Friend with Julia Murney and Steven Green in North Carolina Theatre's Ragtime
Photo by Ray Barbour

Yolanda Singing Til We Reach that Day from Ragtime
Show Reviews



...if you like musicals, you need to see Ragtime. If you don't like musicals, the same applies to you...Vocalists including Norm Lewis as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. and Montego Glover as Sarah, dug into Stephen Flaherty as Lynn Ahren's Tony Award-winning score and libretto, mining raw desperation for love and equality. Local vocalist Yolanda Rabun's vocal turn at a mid-performance funeral set us all on the path for justice. Yolanda with cast members of RagtimeWe need more musicals like Ragtime. Catch it if you don't agree. BYRON WOODS, THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY

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Yolanda W. Rabun gave a gritty performance as Sarah's friend and stopped the show with her ringing rendition of "Till We Reach That Day"; ROBERT MCDOWELL, CLASSICAL VOICE OF NORTH CAROLINA

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