The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, will be released digitally on January 9, 2026, with CD and vinyl releases to follow on February 6 and April 3, respectively. The 2-LP vinyl will be released in three color variants: “Lady Liberty Green” for wide release; “America,” available exclusively at Barnes & Noble; and “Ragtime Red,” available exclusively at Lincoln Center Theater and Creative Goods. The 2-disc CD and 2-LP vinyl variants are now available for preorder HERE. Featuring a sweeping score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, a stirring book by Terrence McNally, and lush original orchestrations by William David Brohn—all of whom won Tony Awards for their work—Ragtime weaves fictional narratives with real historical figures and events, creating a rich tapestry that blurs the line between personal struggle and national identity, making history feel both intimate and epic. The album is produced by three-time GRAMMY Award winner Sean Patrick Flahaven, four-time GRAMMY nominees Ahrens and Flaherty. The album was recorded, edited, and mixed by GRAMMY winner Ian Kagey and mastered by multiple GRAMMY winner Oscar Zambrano with art direction by Derek Bishop. “It’s been one of the great honors of my career to know and work with Lynn and Stephen, so I leapt at the chance to collaborate with them to record Ragtime, a score I have loved since I first heard the concept album nearly 30 years ago,” said Flahaven, Chief Theatricals Executive of Concord. “This truly extraordinary production, with its cast of 37 and orchestra of 28, creates an astonishing sound that we rarely get to hear anymore.” “We’re well aware of the resources needed to make a recording of this size, and we’re so grateful to everyone who helped make it happen,” said Ahrens and Flaherty. “Capturing these extraordinary performances at this particular moment in time feels like catching lightning in a bottle.” Track List: 1. Prologue: Ragtime 2. Goodbye, My Love 3. Journey On 4. The Crime of the Century 5. What Kind of Woman 6. A Shtetl Iz Amereke 7. Success 8. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker 9. Gettin’ Ready Rag 10. Henry Ford 11. Nothing Like The City 12. Your Daddy’s Son 13. New Music 14. Wheels of a Dream 15. The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square 16. Gliding 17. Justice 18. President 19. Till We Reach That Day 20. Coalhouse’s Soliloquy 21. Coalhouse Demands 22. What a Game 23. Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc. 24. Our Children 25. Sarah Brown Eyes 26. He Wanted to Say 27. Back to Before 28. Look What You’ve Done 29. Make Them Hear You 30. Epilogue: Ragtime (Reprise) / Wheels of a Dream (Reprise) About Ragtime Ragtime is the sweeping musical adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s classic novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Joshua Henry) and his beloved Sarah (Nichelle Lewis), Jewish immigrant Tateh (Brandon Uranowitz) and his little girl, and a wealthy white family led by matriarch Mother (Caissie Levy). All grasping for the same dream, if only they can hold onto it. Ragtime stars Tony nominee Joshua Henry, Olivier and Grammy nominee Caissie Levy, and Tony Award-winner Brandon Uranowitz, Colin Donnell, Nichelle Lewis, Ben Levi Ross, Tony Award-winner Shaina Taub, Anna Grace Barlow, John Clay III, Rodd Cyrus, Nick Barrington and Tabitha Lawing. The production was directed by Lear deBessonet, with music director James Moore conducting a 28-piece orchestra. They are joined by Nicholas Barrón, Lauren Blackman, Allison Blackwell, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Jordan Chin, Eean Sherrod Cochran, Billy Cohen, Kerry Conte, Rheaume Crenshaw, Ellie Fishman, Jason Forbach, Nick Gaswirth, Ta’Nika Gibson, Jackson Parker Gill, David Jennings, Kaleb Johnson, Marina Kondo, Morgan Marcell, Kane Emmanuel Miller, Jenny Mollet, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, Kayla Pecchioni, John Rapson, Matthew Scott, Ellie May Sennett, Deandre Sevon, Jacob Keith Watson, and Alan Wiggins rounding out the cast. The creative team for the Lincoln Center Theater production of Ragtime includes Ellenore Scott (choreography), David Korins (set design), Linda Cho (costume design), Adam Honoré & Donald Holder (lighting design), Kai Harada (sound design), 59 Studio (projection design), Tom Watson (hair and wig design), Ann James (sensitivity specialist), and The Telsey Office, Craig Burns, CSA (casting). Music Director James Moore conducts a 28-piece orchestra featuring original orchestrations by William David Brohn, and vocal arrangements by Stephen Flaherty. Cody Renard Richard is the production stage manager.
