The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Actor Bobby Steggert was fated to star in a revival of Ragtime, though "fate" might not be putting it strongly enough. As a kid growing...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... Ahrens. The cast includes Ron Bohmer, Quentin Earl Darrington, Christiane Noll, Robert Petkoff, Bobby Steggert, Stephanie Umoh, Christopher Cox and Sarah Rosenthal. “Ragtime” has an open-ened run at the Neil Simon Theatre, 250 W. 52nd St., map . Regular tickets are priced from $20 to $145. Premium seats are $300. Two hours before each show, $26.50 seats are available through...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... fabulous immigrant" who literally breaks the chains of oppression, and Younger Brother (a terrific Bobby Steggert), who stumbles onto a labor rally led by a striking Emma Goldman (a standout Donna Migliaccio) and embraces a new political ideology. Destiny never sounded so good. Ragtime , at the Neil Simon, is a big production with big themes, and thanks to the streamlined efforts...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... son is upended. In some ways, I felt like Ragtime was her story. I also enjoyed the performance of Bobby Steggert as the impetuous Mother's Younger Brother. Their lives become intertwined with Tateh, a Jewish immigrant played by Robert Petkoff who struggles to provide for his daughter, and with the self-assured black piano player Coalhouse Walker Jr., played by Quentin Earl Darrington...
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... adroitly keeps his performance from being too cute). Mother also has a Younger Brother, played by Bobby Steggert, a lad who also just happens to be an explosives expert. The lives of the Family Family become entwined with those of a struggling young black couple who are fortunate enough to at least have names: pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. and his wife-to-be Sarah, played by Quentin...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
And yet in most important ways, director Marcia Milgrom Dodge's economical staging retains the infectiously melodious appeal of the version that worked to such stimulating effect in the Eisenhower. Several of the carryover performers, in fact, have deepened their interpretations, especially Bobby Steggert as volatile Younger Brother, and the irresistible Christopher Cox, portraying the...
The Culture Buddies (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... was wonderful and so was the actress who played the mother- Christiane Noll. We were happy to see Bobby Steggert again. We loved him in 110 in the Shade and he is equally terrific in the musical. We only wish he sang more because he has a wonderful voice. If you like a big musical, in the style of Les Miz , make sure to catch this revival of Ragtime .
