This epic new musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America by intertwining three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history?s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. With a score that is as diverse as the melting pot of America that it seeks to recreate, "Ragtime" draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to color the haunting music of the European immigrants, Vaudevillian style to capture the spectacle of Anglo-American society, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit and rhythms of African-American, working-class Harlem. Winner of four of its thirteen 1998 Tony Award® nominations, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Orchestrations, it features such show-stopping songs as: Getting Ready Rag; Your Daddy?s Son; Wheels of a Dream; Till We Reach That Day; Back To Before; and Make Them Hear You.
Booker T. Washington.... | Harold Jenkins |
Coalhouse Walker, Iii.... | Justice Moses |
Coalhouse Walker, Jr..... | Doug McLaughlin |
Emma Goldman.... | Hannah Hendry |
Evelyn Nesbit.... | Kathryn Cordelia Davis |
Father.... | Tom Morrissey |
Grandfather.... | Hank Gundersen |
Henry Ford.... | Tom Schopper |
Houdini.... | Billy Brisley |
J. P. Morgan.... | Rich Maloy |
Mother.... | Alice Regan Moynahan |
Sarah.... | Tamara Valdes |
Tateh.... | Stuart Scheer |
Willie Conkin.... | Jeffrey R. Dopson |
Young Boy.... | Justin Riordan |
Young Brother.... | Brian Marshall |
Young Girl.... | Corinne Fitamant |
Ensemble.... | Joan Agosta |
Ensemble.... | Geraldine Baillod |
Ensemble.... | Jeanette Bonner |
Ensemble.... | Erika Jade Cintron |
Ensemble.... | Candy Cobb |
Ensemble.... | Esther H. Cohen |
Ensemble.... | Deidre Dickson |
Ensemble.... | D'Angelique Dopson |
Ensemble.... | Kevin Faulkner |
Ensemble.... | Jeff Foote |
Ensemble.... | Michael Friedhoff |
Ensemble.... | Nailah Hall |
Ensemble.... | Matt Heffernan |
Ensemble.... | Laura Kennedy |
Ensemble.... | Omar Kozarsky |
Ensemble.... | Kim Roberston Lampe |
Ensemble.... | Kayla Levitt |
Ensemble.... | James Lopez |
Ensemble.... | Meghan Luckey |
Ensemble.... | Raissa Maynard |
Ensemble.... | Claudia Metz |
Ensemble.... | Dan Metz |
Ensemble.... | Sharon O'Donnell |
Ensemble.... | Erin Reik |
Ensemble.... | Kristen Schiano |
Ensemble.... | Katie Smith |
Ensemble.... | Elissa Strell |
Ensemble.... | Robin Totillo |
Ensemble.... | Jonathan Wentz |
Ensemble.... | Larry Wilbur |
Directed by | Lauren Moran |
Assistant Directed by | Jay Mills |
Choreography by | Lauren Moran |
Produced by | Walter Nieman |
Produced by | Claire Siegmund |
Costume Design by | Lillian Miller |
Lighting Design by | Todd Mills |
Sound Design by | Jeff Knapp |
Stage Managed by | Darcey Jacobs |
Assistant Stage Managed by | Lindsay Kruger |
Musical Direction by | Warren Helms |
Set Designed by | Todd Mills |
Make-up by | Joan Agosta |
Properties by | Rose Mossucco |
Properties by | Carol Petrucelli Offermann |
Properties by | Barbara Paparozzi |
Properties by | Richard Witenberg |