Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (81 page)

LITTLE BOY

EMMA GOLDMAN

MOTHER

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[Alternate Ending]

LITTLE BOY

The plot of Gagtime had run out. But we did not know
that then, because we were so confused.

MOTHER

Mother moved to Queens, where she opened a
Democratic headquarters.

COALHOUSE

Coalhouse, ended up at a dinner theater in Florida,
understudying the role of Scar in The Lion King.

SARAH

Sarah turned into Audra McDonald and was offered
the lead in every Broadway show for the next thirtyeight years, winning thirty-nine more Tony awards. My
thirty-ninth was a special one for winning thirty-eight.

LITTLE BOY

And Ragtime survived both its Times review and this
obnoxious parody.

COALHOUSE

SARAH

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