When the first notes of “Ragtime” rise from the orchestra pit at Amarillo Little Theatre, they’ll mark the culmination of a long-held dream for Managing Artistic Director Jason Crespin. “It’s a show ...

Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, ...

Book writer Terrence McNally artfully adapted Doctorow’s densely packed, historical novel which, from the start, seemed destined to be a musical. (Its title alone would get the theatrical rights ...

NEW YORK — The story of churning human collision in and around 1906 New York City, “Ragtime” swept onto Broadway in 1998 fully convinced of its own importance. As Michelle Obama would say years later ...

2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 W. 65th St. When massive musicals are downsized, the typical argument in favor of the choice is that fewer sets and ...

The new revival of the 1998 Broadway musical “Ragtime” gives us a good idea of what the 1981 film adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s critically acclaimed 1975 bestseller would have been like if Steven ...

The story of churning human collision in and around 1906 New York City, “Ragtime” swept onto Broadway in 1998 fully convinced of its own importance. As Michelle Obama would say years later of ...

“When he is old enough, I will show him America,” sings Coalhouse Walker Jr. to Sarah, the mother of his baby son, at a key moment in the musical “Ragtime,” now in a triumphant Broadway revival at ...

Standing ovations on Broadway are so common you might imagine the seats have been booby-trapped to eject patrons as the curtain calls begin. But at a recent performance of the brightly shining revival ...

America has come a long way since 1975, when E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime first hit shelves — and longer still since the Progressive era swept through the country in the early 20th century. So it's ...

Rachel Zegler attends opening night for musical Ragtime at Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York, NY on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA) Yankees tabbed to trade for All-Star Jazz Chisholm ...