John Rapson
Latest News on John Rapson:
Video: RAGTIME Releases 2025 Broadway Cast Recording; Watch the Cast Perform 'Journey On' (Jan 9, 2026)
Video: Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis Sing 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME (Jan 8, 2026)
Photos: Inside the RAGTIME Cast Recording Listening Party (Jan 8, 2026)
Video: RAGTIME Releases 2025 Broadway Cast Recording; Watch the Cast Perform 'Journey On' (Jan 9, 2026)
Video: Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis Sing 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME (Jan 8, 2026)
Photos: Inside the RAGTIME Cast Recording Listening Party (Jan 8, 2026)
BIO
Broadway: Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Sweeney Todd, Wonderful Town (Encores), Between the Lines. Tour: The D’Ysquith family - A Gentleman’s Guide…TV/Film: “The Blacklist,” “The Gilded Age”. Solo Show: The Hollow. Training: University of Michigan.
Photos
(Back Row L-R) Martin Landry, Dan Hoy, John Rapson, Sean Stack, Jake David Smith, Will Burton and Julia Murney
(Front Row L-R) Hillary Fisher, Heather Ayers, Aubrey Matalon, Arielle Jacobs, Jerusha Cavazos, Vicki Lewis and Wren Rivera
Date:
07/12/2022
From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of BETWEEN THE LINES Off-Broadway
Front row (l to r) John Rapson (Roscuro), Betsy Morgan (Queen Rosemary), Ryan Melia (Librarian), Dorcas Leung (Despereaux), and Yasmeen Sulieman (Princess Pea)
Back row (l to r) Ben Ferguson (Furlough), Matt Nuernberger (Botticelli), Dan Weschler (Stained-Glass Knight), Arya Shahi (King Phillip), Curtis Gillen (Most High Head Mouse), and Alex Falberg (Lester)
Date:
11/24/2019
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX at Berkeley Rep
STAGE CREDITS
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Transfer from London Production, 2016
Beadle Bamford [Replacement]
[Replacement]
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Major Domo
Grantaire
Bamatabois
Major Domo
Grantaire
Bamatabois
Thénardier (Understudy)
Bishop of Digne (Understudy)
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Thénardier (Unknown)
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[US Tour]
25th Anniversary Production, 2010
Bambatois
Claquesous
Farmer
Bambatois
Claquesous
Videos
Joshua Henry Receives Emotional Note From Brian Stokes Mitchell on RAGTIME Opening
by Michael Major - 2025-10-20 11:28:25
Video: Watch Joshua Henry & Nichelle Lewis Perform 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-09-30 10:08:13
Video: Go Inside the First Performance of RAGTIME on Broadway
by Michael Major - 2025-09-29 10:27:25
Video: Watch Caissie Levy & Brandon Uranowitz Rehearse 'Our Children' From RAGTIME
by Michael Major - 2025-09-25 15:26:28
Video: Joshua Henry & RAGTIME Cast Rehearse 'Gettin’ Ready Rag'
by Michael Major - 2025-09-19 10:52:52
Video: Watch the RAGTIME Cast Perform the Title Song at Lincoln Center
by Michael Major - 2025-05-28 10:45:40
Video: Anika Noni Rose Sings 'One Hundred Easy Ways' in Encores! WONDERFUL TOWN
by Michael Major - 2025-05-06 11:00:37
Video: WONDERFUL TOWN Highlights at New York City Center Encores!
by Stephi Wild - 2025-05-01 06:38:47
Video: Inside the First WONDERFUL TOWN Rehearsal With the Encores! Orchestra
by Michael Major - 2025-04-08 09:22:39
Video: Josh Groban Sings His SWEENEY TODD Entrance Line on FALLON
by Michael Major - 2023-10-25 12:07:18
Listen: Gaten Matarazzo and the Cast of SWEENEY TODD Perform 'Not While I'm Around'
by Stephi Wild - 2023-07-07 06:12:02
Video: Watch Alex Lacamoire Break Down SWEENEY TODD Orchestrations During Sitzprobe
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-06-25 14:23:15
Video: Josh Groban Reveals What's Really Inside the SWEENEY TODD Meat Pies on COLBERT
by Michael Major - 2023-04-18 13:05:42
Video: Josh Groban Reveals Why Starring in SWEENEY TODD Was a 'Big Risk' on CBS MORNINGS
by Michael Major - 2023-04-10 13:11:29
Video: SWEENEY TODD Opening Night Brings Out Lin-Manuel Miranda, Len Cariou And More!
by A.A. Cristi - 2023-03-27 19:38:28
Video: Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford & Company of SWEENEY TODD Celebrate Opening Night
by Opening Night - 2023-03-27 10:26:46
Video: Gaten Matarazzo Talks Doing SWEENEY TODD 'Bigger Than Ever' on FALLON
by Michael Major - 2023-03-21 11:56:57
Video: Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and Tommy Kail Talk SWEENEY TODD on CBS News
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-03-19 11:00:46
News
Video: RAGTIME Releases 2025 Broadway Cast Recording; Watch the Cast Perform 'Journey On'
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2026
The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, is now available digitally! CD and vinyl releases will follow on February 6 and April 3, respectively. Listen to the album here!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2026
The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, is now available digitally! CD and vinyl releases will follow on February 6 and April 3, respectively. Listen to the album here!
Video: Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis Sing 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 8, 2026
The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, will be released. Get a look inside the recording studio, with Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis singing 'Wheels of a Dream'!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 8, 2026
The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, will be released. Get a look inside the recording studio, with Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis singing 'Wheels of a Dream'!
Julie Benko Will Join the Cast of RAGTIME in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 10, 2025
Julie Benko will join the company of the revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as ‘Emma Goldman’ beginning Friday, January 9 through Sunday, March 29. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Dec 10, 2025
Julie Benko will join the company of the revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as ‘Emma Goldman’ beginning Friday, January 9 through Sunday, March 29. Learn more here!
AT THIS PERFORMANCE.. Returns To The Green Room 42 This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2025
AT THIS PERFORMANCE… will return to The Green Room 42 featuring standbys, understudies and alternates from Ragtime; Wicked; Hadestown; Aladdin; Beetlejuice; Masquerade; and The Seat Of Our Pants.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2025
AT THIS PERFORMANCE… will return to The Green Room 42 featuring standbys, understudies and alternates from Ragtime; Wicked; Hadestown; Aladdin; Beetlejuice; Masquerade; and The Seat Of Our Pants.
Joshua Henry Receives Emotional Note From Brian Stokes Mitchell on RAGTIME Opening
by Michael Major - Oct 20, 2025
Just minutes before Joshua Henry took the stage on opening night of Ragtime, he received a special delivery from the musical's original Coalhouse Walker, Brian Stokes Mitchell. Watch the video now!
by Michael Major - Oct 20, 2025
Just minutes before Joshua Henry took the stage on opening night of Ragtime, he received a special delivery from the musical's original Coalhouse Walker, Brian Stokes Mitchell. Watch the video now!
Photos: RAGTIME Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 20, 2025
The second Broadway revival of Ragtime is officially open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. In attendance were Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hillary Clinton, and more! Check out the photos here!
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 20, 2025
The second Broadway revival of Ragtime is officially open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. In attendance were Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hillary Clinton, and more! Check out the photos here!
Review Roundup: RAGTIME Returns to Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2025
The curtain has risen on Ragtime, now running at Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway. Read all the reviews to see what the critics had to say about the new revival, directed by Lear deBessonet.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2025
The curtain has risen on Ragtime, now running at Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway. Read all the reviews to see what the critics had to say about the new revival, directed by Lear deBessonet.
Photos: Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz & Joshua Henry in RAGTIME on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 16, 2025
Ragtime opens tonight, October 16, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s first production of her inaugural season. Check out all new photos of the cast in action here!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 16, 2025
Ragtime opens tonight, October 16, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s first production of her inaugural season. Check out all new photos of the cast in action here!
Video: Watch Joshua Henry & Nichelle Lewis Perform 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 30, 2025
On Monday, Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a special performance from Broadway's Ragtime. Watch the duo sing 'Wheels of a Dream' from the new production, which is now in previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 30, 2025
On Monday, Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a special performance from Broadway's Ragtime. Watch the duo sing 'Wheels of a Dream' from the new production, which is now in previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Video: Inside the First Performance of RAGTIME's Broadway Revival
by Michael Major - Sep 29, 2025
Join us as we dive into the first performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center, featuring an electrifying curtain call and eager audiences.
by Michael Major - Sep 29, 2025
Join us as we dive into the first performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center, featuring an electrifying curtain call and eager audiences.
Video: Watch RAGTIME Cast Sing with the Orchestra for the First Time
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 26, 2025
It's the music of something beginning! Ragtime begins previews on Broadway tonight at the Vivian Beaumont and you can catch a glimpse inside the sitzprobe, the moment the cast performs with the full orchestra for the very first time.
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 26, 2025
It's the music of something beginning! Ragtime begins previews on Broadway tonight at the Vivian Beaumont and you can catch a glimpse inside the sitzprobe, the moment the cast performs with the full orchestra for the very first time.
RAGTIME Cast to Perform on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT on Monday
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 26, 2025
Ragtime is now in previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and, to commemorate its return to Broadway, the cast will visit The Late Show with Stephen Colbert next week for a special performance from the award-winning musical.
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 26, 2025
Ragtime is now in previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and, to commemorate its return to Broadway, the cast will visit The Late Show with Stephen Colbert next week for a special performance from the award-winning musical.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has John Rapson been in?
John Rapson has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
How many West End shows has John Rapson been in?
John Rapson has not appeared in the West End.
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