Ragtime (musical)

Ragtime is a Broadway musical with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow.

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Broadway - Musical - Terrence McNally - Lynn Ahrens - Stephen Flaherty - Ragtime - E. L. Doctorow

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The musical tried out in Toronto and Los Angeles, and opened on Broadway on January 18, 1998.

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Toronto - Los Angeles - January 18 - 1998

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It tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker, a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in New Rochelle, NY; and Tateh, a Latvian Jewish immigrant. Historical figures such as Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry K. Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman also appear. The music includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime. The show is mostly sung-through, with most of the story told through song, with very little spoken dialogue.

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Houdini - Evelyn Nesbit - Booker T. Washington - J. P. Morgan - Henry Ford - Stanford White - Harry K. Thaw - Admiral Peary - Matthew Henson - Emma Goldman - March - Cakewalk - Gospel - Ragtime

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The show was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 1998, and won for Best Featured Actress (Audra McDonald), Original Score, Book, and Orchestrations (William David Brohn).

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Tony Award - Audra McDonald - William David Brohn

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Despite its limited run of Broadway, Ragtime is considered by many musical theater aficionados to be one of the greatest American musicals ever written.

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