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M

ary Gutzi gets
tired some-
times. With a
laugh,
. , she
admitted she's in "the richer
end of her 40s. - information
that actors are normally loath
to divulge. Still, regardless of
age, traveling non-stop
around the country, often
performing two shows daik-,
is a challenge for any actor.
But vhen the seasoned the-
ater professional talked about
Emma Goldman, whom she
portrays in the touring
Broadway musical Raviine.
Gutzi revealed a secret to sur-
viving the rigors of the road.
[Goldman] has sort of
taken me over. There's a
point where I'm not doing it
anymore," she said from the
tour's stop in Green Bay,
Wis. - 1 can't go out and not
give 120 percent, but some
nights I just don't know
where it's going to come
from. And suddenly —
whoosh! — there it is.
"It fortifies me to think
that its Emma's spirit."
Gutzi ‘vill be bringing the
soul and spirit of the Jewish
anarchist Writer and activist
to Detroit audiences March
27-April 15 with the produc-
tion of Ragtime — The
Musical at the Fisher Theatre.
The show is the Tony Award-
winning musical version of
the critically acclaimed 1975
book Ragtime by E. L.
Doctorow, adapted for the
stage by playwright Terence
NicNaliy, with a score by lyri-
cist Lynne Ahrens and corn-
poser Stephen Flaherty. •
Ragtime's storyline inter-
weaves the lives of prominent
historical figures who lived
between 1900 and 1915 --
such as Goldman, Harry
Houdini. Booker 'F.
Washington and Henry Ford

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Ragtime -- The Musical" chronicles and dramatizes
the changes and turmoil in America at the turn of the 2.0th century

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