Ragtime (musical)
Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow.
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| Music | Stephen Flaherty |
| Lyrics | Lynn Ahrens |
| Book | Terrence McNally |
| Basis | Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow |
| Productions | 1996 Toronto 1998 Broadway 2003 West End 2009 Kennedy Center 2009 Broadway revival 2012 London revival 2013 Avery Fisher Hall concert 2016 Ellis Island concert 2016 London revival 2018 Norwegian production 2019 Australian production |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score |
Set in the early 20th century, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States: African Americans, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; upper-class suburbanites, represented by Mother, the matriarch of a white upper-class family in New Rochelle, New York; and Eastern European immigrants, represented by Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. The show also incorporates historical figures such as Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman.
Productions
Original Broadway production
The musical had its world premiere in Toronto, where it opened at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts (later renamed the Toronto Centre for the Arts) on December 8, 1996,[1] produced by Canadian impresario Garth Drabinsky and his Livent Inc., the Toronto-production company he headed.[2]
The US premiere was at the Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles in June 1997.[3][4]
The musical opened on Broadway on January 18, 1998 as the first production in the newly opened Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by Frank Galati and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, Ragtime closed on January 16, 2000 after 834 performances and 27 previews. The original cast included Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman and Audra McDonald, who were all nominated for Tony Awards, and also included Judy Kaye, Mark Jacoby and Lea Michele. The production was conducted by David Loud.
The production received mixed reviews, with critics noting that the dazzling physical production (with a $10 million budget, including fireworks and a working Model T automobile) overshadowed problems in the script. Ben Brantley's review in The New York Times was headlined "A diorama with nostalgia rampant."[5] It led the 1998 Tony Awards with thirteen Tony Award nominations, but Disney's The Lion King won as Best Musical. The musical won awards for Best Featured Actress (McDonald), Original Score, Book, and Orchestrations. According to The New York Times, "The chief competition for The Lion King was Ragtime, a lavish musical."[6] The New York Times also noted that "The season was an artistic success as well, creating one of the most competitive Tony contests in years, with a battle in almost every category capped by the titanic struggle for the best musical award between Ragtime with 13 nominations and The Lion King with 11."[7] The Broadway production was not financially successful, and some Broadway insiders consider its lavish production to have been the financial "undoing" of Livent.[8][9]
International productions
Original West End production
Following its European premiere in a concert performance at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre in 2002 (which was later telecast on BBC Four), the musical was produced in the West End, London, by Sonia Friedman at the Piccadilly Theatre for a Limited Run from 19 March 2003 - 14 June 2003. This production starred Maria Friedman in the role of Mother, for which she won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[10]
Original Norwegian production
The musical theatre company BærMuDa premiered the first Scandinavian production on January 18, 2018, coincidentally on the day of the musical's twenty year anniversary of the first night on Broadway. It was also the first time the musical was performed in a foreign language. The production was directed by Renate Stridh, and the cast featured Mimmi Tamba (Sarah), Marvin Charles Cummings (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Kristin Rinde (Mother), Christian Ranke (Tateh), Kristian Grønvold (Younger Brother), Lars Arne Rinde (Father), Henrik Rinde Sunde (The Little Boy), Marianne Snekkestad/Cecilie Due (Emma Goldman) and Trine Eide Schjølberg/Ida Rinde Sunde (Evelyn Nesbit). It was translated by Christian Ranke and Cecilie Due.
The production won the BroadwayWorld Regional Award for Best Musical. The scene design was inspired by the suitcases on display at the Ellis Island immigrant museum. The production used a scaled down version of William D. Brohn's original orchestrations.
Melbourne, Australia production
The Production Company performed the musical at the Melbourne Arts Centre, from 2 to 10 November 2019. It was directed by Roger Hodgman.[11]
Revivals
2009 Broadway revival
A new production opened at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, on April 18, 2009, and ran through May 17, 2009, with direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.[12][13] The production then moved to Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, with previews beginning on October 23, 2009 and the show officially opened on November 15, 2009. The cast featured Stephanie Umoh (Sarah), Quentin Earl Darrington (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Christiane Noll (Mother), Robert Petkoff (Tateh), Bobby Steggert (Younger Brother), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman) and Ron Bohmer (Father). This was the first Broadway revival of the musical and the first Broadway revival of any 1990s musical. The production opened to critical acclaim but closed on January 10, 2010 after 28 previews and 65 performances. This production had a large cast and orchestra, resulting in a significant weekly running cost that demanded the show be a popular success in order to prove financially worthwhile. "There had been rumors in recent weeks that the show would not be able to survive into early 2010; there was apparently not enough of an advance sale to encourage the producers." [14] Despite the closing, the production received seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival of Musical, Best Direction, Best Actress in Musical, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. One nomination, for Costume Design, was withdrawn on the basis that the designs were substantially similar to those of a prior production.[15][16]
London revivals
The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre played a revival of the musical from May 18 to September 8, 2012. This production was directed by Artistic Director Timothy Sheader. The cast featured Claudia Kariuki (Sarah), Rolan Bell (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Rosalie Craig (Mother), John Marquez (Tateh), Harry Hepple (Younger Brother), Tamsin Carroll (Emma Goldman) and David Birrell (Father).[17]
The Charing Cross Theatre played a revival of the musical from October 8 until December 10, 2016, and directed by Thom Southerland.[18][19] The actor-musician production featured Earl Carpenter (Father), Anita Louise Combe (Mother), Jonathan Stewart (Younger Brother), Ako Mitchell (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Jennifer Saayeng (Sarah) and Gary Tushaw (Tateh).[20][21]
Concerts
Manhattan Concert Productions presented a one-night only concert of the musical on February 18, 2013 at the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, directed by Stafford Arima. The cast featured Lea Salonga (Mother), Patina Miller (Sarah), Norm Lewis (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.), Tyne Daly (Emma Goldman), Kerry Butler (Evelyn Nesbitt), Howard McGillin (Father), Michael Arden (Younger Brother) and Manoel Felciano (Tateh).[22][23][24]
A concert benefitting the Actors Fund was scheduled for April 27, 2020 at the Minskoff Theatre.[25] It will be directed by Stafford Arima and will feature many of the original Broadway cast, including Brian Stokes Mitchell as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Audra McDonald as Sarah, and Peter Friedman as Tateh. Kelli O'Hara will play the role of Mother in the concert staging.[26][27] The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Marin Mazzie (the original Mother) who passed away in 2018. However the concert was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also took the life of the musical's librettist Terrence McNally.
Ragtime on Ellis Island
A "developmental concert" of the musical was presented on Ellis Island on August 8, 2016. The concert is directed by Sammi Cannold, and featured Brian Stokes Mitchell as the narrator, Laura Michelle Kelly as Mother, Andy Mientus as Younger Brother, Brandon Victor Dixon as Coalhouse Walker Jr., Michael Park as Father, Shaina Taub as Emma Goldman, Aisha Jackson as Sarah and Robert Petkoff reprising his 2009 Broadway revival role of Tateh.[28][29] An immersive, full production was anticipated in 2017, but did not occur.[30] In March 2018, the team that was behind the developmental concert will hold a sound workshop with sound designer Nick Tipp to explore the use of in ear monitoring technology for audience members. This would mean that in a full production on Ellis Island, all the audio that the audience would normally hear through traditional sound systems would be live-mixed into wireless headphones worn by each audience member. The director Sammi Cannold told Broadway World that “While the workshop is of course focused on material from Ragtime, our team is also excited by the potential applications of this approach to other site-specific musicals in locations where it's impossible to use traditional sound systems.” [31]
This production was also featured on an episode of the Working in the Theatre series run by the American Theatre Wing.[32]
Regional productions
- 2012 Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, presented Ragtime in 2012 in its Festival Theatre as part of its 51st season, from April 10 through October 14, 2012. The production was directed by Shaw Festival Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell. The role of Coalhouse Walker was played by Thom Allison, with Alana Hibbert as Sarah, Jay Turvey as Tateh, and Patty Jamieson as Mother.[33]
- 2014 Westchester Broadway
Standing Ovation Studios presented Ragtime the Musical at the Westchester Broadway Theater February 27 to May 4, 2014.[34]
- 2017 Seattle
Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre presented a new version of Ragtime in October 2017, based on a streamlined production from Theatre Latte Da in Minneapolis, directed by Peter Rothstein. It has a stripped-down cast of only 16 actors, whereby leading actors also portray the ensemble/chorus.[35]
- 2018 Providence, Rhode Island
Providence's Trinity Repertory Company presented Ragtime in May 2018, directed by Curt Columbus, with Wilkie Ferguson III as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Mia Ellis as Sarah, Charlie Thurston as Tateh, and Rachael Warren as Mother.[36]
Synopsis
- Act One
Three social castes in turn-of-the-century New York introduce themselves to the audience: the first is an upper-class white family from New Rochelle— the Little Boy, Edgar, and his Father (who runs a fireworks factory), Mother, Mother's Younger Brother, and Grandfather—who live a genteel life and enjoy a lack of racial and ethnic diversity; the second is the Black residents of Harlem, including a beautiful young woman named Sarah, who adores the pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr.; the third are immigrants from Europe in the Lower East Side, among them "Tateh", a Jewish artist from Latvia, and his young daughter. These three worlds are connected by narration from the luminaries J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Booker T. Washington, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, and Evelyn Nesbit (“Prologue—Ragtime”).
Mother bids goodbye to Father as he embarks on Robert Peary's expedition to the North Pole. He asks Mother to oversee his affairs and assures her that nothing will change in his absence, but Mother feels adrift without her husband to guide her (“Goodbye, My Love”). As Peary's ship departs, Father watches as a "rag ship" arrives, carrying a hopeful Tateh and his Little Girl to America, while Mother, back on shore, wishes Father safe passage (“Journey On”). Meanwhile, Mother's Younger Brother, an intense and awkward young man yearning for purpose who works at Father's fireworks factory, attends the vaudeville act of Evelyn Nesbit, a young woman who became famous after her wealthy lover Stanford White was killed by her millionaire husband Harry K. Thaw (“Crime of the Century”). After the show ends, Younger Brother confesses his love to Evelyn. She kisses him, but only for the benefit of a press photographer, and cheerfully rejects him afterward.
Back at home in New Rochelle, Mother discovers a Black newborn partly buried alive in her garden. The police arrive with Sarah, the baby's mother. Pitying her, Mother takes responsibility for Sarah and her child. Surprised at herself, she remarks that her husband would never have allowed her to make such a decision (“What Kind of Woman”).
At Ellis Island, the immigrants arrive (“A Shtetl Iz Amereke”). Tateh eagerly begins his new life, drawing silhouettes and selling them on the street. He and the Little Girl quickly descend into poverty. Emma Goldman attempts to get him to join the Socialist movement, but he refuses. A wealthy man even offers to purchase the Little Girl, whom he now keeps on a leash for safety. Inspired by immigrant magician Harry Houdini, Tateh resolves to begin again somewhere else (“Success”).
In Harlem, Coalhouse, a popular pianist, informs his audience that he's finally found his lost love, Sarah, and is going to win her back (“His Name Was Coalhouse”/“Gettin' Ready Rag”). He then purchases a Model T while Henry Ford and his workers glorify industry (“Henry Ford”).
Tateh and the Little Girl leave for Boston; en route, they meet Mother and Edgar while stopping in New Rochelle. They politely make conversation (“Nothing Like the City”). In the attic of Mother's home, Sarah explains her desperate actions in a song to her baby (“Your Daddy's Son”). Also en route to New Rochelle, Coalhouse is harassed by a racist fire squad led by chief Will Conklin, who taunt him for driving his own car. He arrives at Mother's house, where he has heard that a Black woman is living. He is stunned to learn of the baby's existence and, when Sarah refuses to see him, he resorts to returning weekly (“The Courtship”) until Mother invites him inside. Grandfather asks Coalhouse to play a minstrel song on the parlor piano; instead, Coalhouse plays a ragtime song. Father returns home while Coalhouse is playing, and is stunned by the changes to his family's life, while Mother and her Younger Brother are proud of her choices. Eventually, Sarah comes down from the attic and reconciles with Coalhouse (“New Music”). The two go on an idyllic picnic where, inspired by the words of Booker T. Washington, he dreams of a just, future America that their son will grow up in (“Wheels of a Dream”).
Taking refuge from a wintry night, Younger Brother enters a workers' hall. There, Emma Goldman speaks passionately about a textile mills strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where Tateh and his daughter are among those targeted by federal troops and strikebreakers. Younger Brother imagines Goldman is speaking directly to him (“The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square”). Goldman is arrested prompting a riot that mirrors the chaos in Lawrence, where Tateh is beaten by a policeman while trying to flee. He and the Little Girl escape Lawrence on a train; he gives his daughter a flip book of moving silhouettes to calm her. The train conductor offers to buy the book, and Tateh, hurriedly dubbing it a "movie-book", sells it for a dollar. Tateh realizes that "movie-books" may be a route out of poverty (“Gliding”).
Returning to New Rochelle, Coalhouse and Sarah are stopped by Will Conklin and the fire squad. Conklin demands a fictitious toll; Coalhouse refuses. A lecture by Booker T. Washington on patience and dignity ironically underscores the white firemen's destruction of Coalhouse's new Model T (“The Trashing of the Car”). Incensed, Coalhouse vows legal action (“Justice”), postponing his marriage to Sarah until he gets justice. Sarah hears of a campaign rally nearby and goes to ask for help from the vice presidential candidate; as she approaches, an onlooker shouts "She's got a gun!" and Sarah is beaten to death by the Secret Service (“President”). At her funeral, Black mourners demand an end to such injustice and pray for true equality. Mother, Father, Younger Brother, Tateh and Emma Goldman look on as Coalhouse weeps at Sarah's grave (“Till We Reach That Day”).
- Act Two
The Little Boy wakes up screaming from a nightmare in which Harry Houdini attempts a daring escape after being locked in a dynamite-laden box by Will Conklin ("Harry Houdini, Master Escapist"). This dream proves prophetic: news arrives that a volunteer firehouse has been bombed. Coalhouse has vowed to get justice on his own terms (“Coalhouse's Soliloquy”) and now terrorizes New Rochelle while demanding his car be restored to him and that Will Conklin be delivered to him. Booker T. Washington condemns Coalhouse's actions (“Coalhouse Demands”). In the chaos, Mother retains custody of Sarah and Coalhouse's baby. Father blames her for bringing this turmoil into their lives, but Younger Brother lambastes him for his blindness and storms out of the house. Mother grows increasingly offended by her husband's ignorant outlook. Father, to distract Edgar from the unrest, takes his son to a baseball game (“What a Game”). Coalhouse's campaign continues (“Fire in the City”), and so Father decides to move the family to Atlantic City.
In Atlantic City, Evelyn Nesbit's career is on the downslide and Harry Houdini has becoming intrigued by the supernatural and the afterlife following the death of his mother (“Atlantic City”). Edgar cryptically shouts "Warn the Duke!" to Houdini. Mother encounters Tateh again, not recognizing him from their brief meeting months ago; now a filmmaker, he has re-invented himself as "the Baron Ashkenazy" and is directing a silent movie in Atlantic City (“Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.”). Edgar and the Little Girl soon become fast friends, prompting Mother and Tateh to become friends as well; eventually, Tateh reveals who he is, and they grow even closer (“Our Children”).
Back in Harlem, Younger Brother seeks out Coalhouse but is repeatedly turned away until Coalhouse is convinced that he can be trusted. Coalhouse has banished music from his life but watches a carefree young couple ("Harlem Nightclub") and recalls meeting Sarah (“Sarah Brown Eyes”). Younger Brother meets with him but is inarticulate and nervous: his profound thoughts, narrated to the audience by Emma Goldman, stand in contrast to the only phrase he can muster: "I know how to blow things up." (“He Wanted to Say”). With Younger Brother's help, Coalhouse and his men take over J.P. Morgan's magnificent library in the heart of New York City, threatening to blow it up. Father is summoned to help reason with Coalhouse. Before he goes, he assures Mother that everything will soon return to the way it was, but Mother knows such hopes are naive (“Back to Before”). Meeting with the police, Father devises a mediation strategy involving Booker T. Washington, whom Coalhouse allows to enter the library. Washington, invoking the violent legacy Coalhouse is leaving his son, works out a deal with Coalhouse. Younger Brother is enraged at Coalhouse's abandonment of their cause (“Look What You've Done”).
Washington leaves and Father enters the library as a hostage. There, he finally realizes the profundity of society's troubles while seeing Coalhouse convince Younger Brother and his men that violence cannot solve injustice. Coalhouse exhorts them to fight through the power of their words (“Make Them Hear You”). Coalhouse's sacrifice and oratory convince Younger Brother and the men to leave while Father tells Coalhouse about his son. Coalhouse thanks Father for his kindness. Once he leaves the library, Coalhouse is shot dead by the police.
Edgar appears to introduce the Epilogue. Younger Brother departs for Mexico to fight for Emiliano Zapata. Emma Goldman is arrested and deported. Booker T. Washington establishes the Tuskegee Institute, while Evelyn Nesbitt fades into obscurity. Harry Houdini realizes upon the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that Edgar's shout of "Warn the Duke!" was a true mystical experience. Father dies abord the RMS Lusitania; after a year of mourning, Mother marries Tateh, adopts Coalhouse and Sarah's son, and moves to California. Tateh is struck by an idea for a film series centering on a diverse group of children banding together. The ghosts of Coalhouse and Sarah watch their son grow up (“Epilogue: Ragtime/Wheels of a Dream: Reprise”).
Songs
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≠ - excised from the 2009 Broadway revival
Instrumentation
The Tony Award-winning orchestration of Ragtime, by William David Brohn is for twenty-six musicians:[37]
- Reed I (Flute, Piccolo)
- Reed II (English horn, Oboe)
- Reed III (Clarinet, E-flat clarinet)
- Reed IV (Bass clarinet, Clarinet, Flute, Soprano saxophone)
- 2 Horns in F
- 2 Trumpets in B♭ (1st doubling Flugelhorn and Piccolo trumpet)
- Trombone
- Bass trombone
- Tuba
- Drums
- Percussion
- Keyboard 1, 2, 3
- Banjo (doubling Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Mandolin)
- Harp
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Bass
In the original West End production, the fourth reed, bass trombone and harp parts were removed and the banjo player does not double on guitar or mandolin.[38] The 2009 revival switched the doublings for the second and fourth woodwind parts. The fourth woodwind part in the original Broadway production had doublings for flute, bass clarinet, soprano sax, and alto sax.
Principal roles and casts
Original casts
| Character | Songs from "Ragtime" 1996 |
World Premiere 1996 |
Original Broadway Cast 1997 |
Original West End Cast 2003 |
First Broadway Revival 2009 |
First London Revival 2012 |
Second London Revival 2016 |
Original Norwegian Cast 2018 |
Original Australian Cast 2019 | |
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| The Little Boy (Edgar) | Nicholas Rose | Paul Dano | Alex Strange | Thomas Brown Loye Jordan Calvert Matthew Protheroe |
Christopher Cox | Fin Banks Rory Fraser Ewan Harris |
Ethan Quinn Samuel Peterson |
Henrik Rinde Sunde | Kempton Maloney Hudson Sharp | |
| Mother | Marin Mazzie | Maria Friedman | Christiane Noll | Rosalie Craig | Anita Louise Combe | Kristin Rinde Sunde | Georgina Hopson | |||
| Father | Mark Jacoby | Dave Willetts | Ron Bohmer | David Birrell | Earl Carpenter | Lars Arne Rinde | Adam Murphy | |||
| Mother's Younger Brother | Steven Sutcliffe | Matthew White | Bobby Steggert | Harry Hepple | Jonathan Stewart | Kristian Ludvig Grønvold | Finn Alexander | |||
| Grandfather | Conrad McLaren | Paul Soles | Conrad McLaren | Vince Pirillo | Dan Manning | Jo Servi | Anthony Cable | Brynjar Lilleheim | John McTernan | |
| Tateh | Peter Friedman | Graham Bickley | Robert Petkoff | John Marquez | Gary Tushaw | Christian Alfred Ranke | Alexander Lewis | |||
| The Little Girl | Afton Eddy | Lea Michele | Natasha Jules Bernard Sarah Bowling Ruby Williams |
Sarah Rosenthal | Lily Burgering Lila Heller Oriana Pooles |
Alana Hinge Riya Vyas |
Mia Emmy Bjerke Mathisen | Summer Hamilton Annie Sainsbery | ||
| Coalhouse Walker, Jr | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Kevyn Morrow | Quentin Earl Darrington | Rolan Bell | Ako Mitchell | Marvin Charles Cummings | Kurt Kansley | |||
| Sarah | Audra McDonald | Emma Jay Thomas | Stephanie Umoh | Claudia Kariuki | Jennifer Saayeng | Mimmi Tamba | Chloe Zuel | |||
| Coalhouse Walker, III | Michael Redd Shane Rogers |
Luke Bradbury Milan Cato Max Mensah |
Jayden Brockington Kylil Williams |
Noah Philip Berg Otterlei | Noah Nzenza | |||||
| Sarah's Friend | Mary Bond Davis | Vanessa Townsell-Crisp | Hope Augustus | Bryonha Parham | Sandra Marvin | Seyi Omooba | Johanna Dahl Bryne | Ruva Ngwenya | ||
| Willie Conklin | David Mucci | Howard Ellis | Mark Aldrich | Joshua Lacey | Simon Anthony | William Bergrem | Matt Hamilton | |||
| Evelyn Nesbit | Lynnette Perry | Rebecca Thornhill | Savannah Wise | Katie Brayben | Joanna Hickman | Trine Eide Schjølberg Ida Rinde Sunde |
Mackenzie Dunn | |||
| Harry Houdini | Gabriel Barre | Jim Corti | Samuel James | Jonathan Hammond | Stephane Anelli | Christopher Dickins | Jim-Roger Knutsen | Louis Lucente | ||
| Emma Goldman | Camille Saviola | Judy Kaye | Susie McKenna | Donna Migliaccio | Tamsin Carroll | Valerie Cutko | Cecilie Due Marianne Snekkestad |
Sage Douglas | ||
| Henry Ford | Michael Fletcher | Larry Daggett | Iain Davey | Aaron Galligan-Stierle | Carl Sanderson | Tom Giles | Sølve Oftebro | John O'May | ||
| J.P. Morgan | Michael McCarty | Mike O'Carroll | Mark McKerracher | Michael X. Martin | Anthony Clegg | Brynjar Lilleheim | Anton Berezin | |||
| Booker T. Washington | Michael Lofton | Richard Allen | Tommy Hollis | David Durham | Eric Jordan Young | Sophia Nomvete | Nolan Frederick | Daniel Okafor Appyday | Joti Gore | |
| Stanford White | Kevin Bogue | Michael McGowan | ||||||||
| Harry K. Thaw | Colton Green | Josh Walden | James Mack | |||||||
| Admiral Robert Peary | Rod Campbell | Michael X. Martin | Andreas Kristiansen | |||||||
| Matthew Henson | Kingsley Leggs | Duane Martin Foster | Terence Archie | Emil Rodrigo Jørgensen | ||||||
| Charles S. Whitman | Gordon Stanley | Michael McGowan | Åsmund Lockert Rohde | |||||||
Concert casts
| Character | St. David's Hall, Cardiff 2002 |
Avery Fisher Hall 2013 |
Ellis Island 2016 |
Minskoff Theatre 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Boy (Edgar) | Jordan Calvert | Lewis Grosso | Hudson Loverro | |
| Mother | Maria Friedman | Lea Salonga | Laura Michelle Kelly | Kelli O'Hara |
| Father | Dave Willetts | Howard McGillin | Michael Park | Mark Jacoby |
| Mother's Younger Brother | Matthew White | Michael Arden | Andy Mientus | Steven Sutcliffe |
| Grandfather | Jeffery Dench | Dick Latessa | Joe Harkins | Dan Manning |
| Tateh | Graham Bickley | Manoel Felciano | Robert Petkoff | Peter Friedman |
| The Little Girl | Leah White | Lilla Crawford | Aviva Winick | |
| Coalhouse Walker, Jr | Lawrence Hamilton | Norm Lewis | Brandon Victor Dixon | Brian Stokes Mitchell |
| Sarah | Kenita R. Miller | Patina Miller | Aisha Jackson | Audra McDonald |
| Coalhouse Walker, III | Joshua G. Windle | does not appear | ||
| Sarah's Friend | Jenny Ingram Brown | NaTasha Yvette Williams | Elexis Morton | Vanessa Crisp |
| Willie Conklin | Gareth Snook | Jarrod Emick | does not appear | Mark Aldrich |
| Evelyn Nesbit | Rebecca Thornhill | Kerry Butler | Annie Sherman | Lynnette Perry |
| Harry Houdini | Tim Howar | Jose Llana | Jeremy Morse | Jim Corti |
| Emma Goldman | Gillian Bevan | Tyne Daly | Shaina Taub | Judy Kaye |
| Henry Ford | Sam Kenyon | Matt Cavenaugh | Larry Daggett | |
| J.P. Morgan | Robert Archibald | Michael McCormick | Paul Slade Smith | Michael X. Martin |
| Booker T. Washington | Cavin Cornwall | Phillip Boykin | Rod Singleton | Eric Jordan Young |
| Stanford White | Drew Martin | Kevin Bogue | ||
| Harry K. Thaw | Cooper Grodin | |||
| Admiral Robert Peary | Philip Paul Kelly | |||
| Charles S. Whitman | does not appear | Gordon Stanley | ||
Awards and nominations
Original Broadway production
Original London production
| Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Graham Bickley | Nominated | ||
| Kevyn Morrow | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Musical | Maria Friedman | Won | ||
| Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Matthew White | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Stafford Arima | Nominated | ||
| Best Lighting Design | Howard Harrison | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound Design | Peter Kylenski | Nominated | ||
2009 Broadway revival
| Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Christiane Noll | Nominated | ||
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Bobby Steggert | Nominated | ||
| Best Direction of a Musical | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Nominated | ||
| Best Scenic Design | Derek McLane | Nominated | ||
| Best Lighting Design | Donald Holder | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Christiane Noll | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Bobby Steggert | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Choreography | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Set Design | Derek McLane | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Sound Design | Acme Sound Partners | Won | ||
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- Ragtime at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ragtime Revival at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ragtime (Version 1 - Broadway) at the Music Theatre International website