Ragtime Revival
2 Hours and 50 Min, including one 15 Min Intermission
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Ragtime Broadway Tickets, News, Info & More
Vivian Beaumont Theatre (Broadway)
150 West 65th St. at Broadway New York, NY 10023
Called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical won 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. RAGTIME is not only a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America, but a relevant tale for today. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ("Once On This Island," "Seussical," "Lucky Stiff"), noted playwright Terrence McNally, ("Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Master Class"), and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, the musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America. The Tony-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself. It draws upon many musical styles from the ragtime rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley to the klezmer of the Lower East Side, from bold brass band marches to delicate waltzes, from up-tempo banjo tunes to period parlor songs and expansive anthems.
Featured are 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." This thrilling musical is sure to inspire actors and audiences alike! Book by Terrence McNally; music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Presented by Mesa Encore Theatre at the Farnsworth Studio.
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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Ragtime
In ‘Ragtime,’ the idea of a just, multiracial America is tragically incomplete
8 / 10
Still, the mantle of “relevance” is a heavy thing to lay on a Broadway musical. An earlier version of this same staging, also by director Lear deBessonet, ran at the Encores! series last November in the weeks before and after the U.S. presidential election, and depending on when audiences saw it, they felt either the show’s bursts of hope or its cries of despair with a fresh immediacy. Seen now, it plays less like a reflection of the breaking news outside the theater’s doors than like a dead-serious fable, speaking not so much to our precise present moment as to the perennial national questions this moment raises.
‘Ragtime’ Broadway Review: Lincoln Center Reclaims A Gem
7 / 10
But whatever its faults and near-misses, Ragtime has always been, like its ’90s contemporaries Titanic and Parade, an opportunity for rediscovery. DeBessonet takes the challenge and wins, rescuing a near-classic from the excesses of the 1990s to prove, once and for all, that Ragtime, imperfect as it may be, deserves a place among the most significant musical theater achievements of that decade.
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Ragtime History
Other Productions of Ragtime
| 1996 | Canada |
World Premiere Canada |
| 1998 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2003 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 2005 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 2007 | Chicago |
Chicago Revival Chicago |
| 2009 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2012 | West End |
Open Air Production West End |
| 2015 | US Tour |
Non-Equity National Tour US Tour |
| 2016 | Off-Broadway |
Ellis Island Developmental Concert Production Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | West End |
Charing Cross Theatre Company Revival Production West End |
| 2017 | Regional (US) |
Barrington Stage Company Revival Regional (US) |
| 2024 | Off-Broadway |
Concert Revival Production Off-Broadway |
| 2025 | Broadway |
Broadway |
Ragtime Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Lear deBessonet |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Ben Levi Ross |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Caissie Levy |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Joshua Henry |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brandon Uranowitz |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Adam Honoré & Donald Holder |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Ragtime |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada |
| 2026 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL | Lear deBessonet |
| 2026 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL | Ragtime |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Lear deBessonet |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | Ben Levi Ross |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Joshua Henry |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Brandon Uranowitz |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Ragtime |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Video/Projection Design | 59 Studio |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Ellenore Scott |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Linda Cho |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Lear deBessonet |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Adam Honoré |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Donald Holder |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ben Levi Ross |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Brandon Uranowitz |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joshua Henry |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Nichelle Lewis |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Caissie Levy |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Ragtime |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada |
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