E.L. Doctorow was not convinced that “Ragtime,” his sprawling, iconic, 1975 novel about America in the early 20th Century, ...

TJ Muller takes care of Scott Joplin's piano at the Scott Joplin House, in St. Louis, Mo. The music known as ragtime first swept the nation more than 100 years ago. Missouri, known as the heartland of ...

At the turn of the 20th century, ragtime music was all the rage. It was music to dance to as well as music to pass on oral traditions. Created by recently freed Blacks who couldn’t then read or write ...

Moments before stepping onstage for “Ragtime”‘s opening night, star Joshua Henry was moved by a note from a familiar face in ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. When RAGTIME opened on Broadway almost 25 years ago it was meant to present ...

Just in time for Trump’s inauguration — a 50-year-old tale of robber barons, racists, corrupt officials, and other denizens of America. (The annotated opening pages of our reviewer’s copy of “Ragtime, ...

Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production at Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The show is a large scale sample of early 20th century New York. The show is seen ...

Lincoln Center Theater has announced today that incoming Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s inaugural season will open with a new production of her acclaimed New York City Center Gala revival of ...