"At a moment when the country feels fractured and uncertain, Ragtime returns to Broadway like a clear, defiant anthema reminder that America has been here before. Twenty-five years after its original run, the musical roars back not with spectacle but with purpose, and in doing so, it may finally have found the moment it was meant for. This revival, now at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater and expanded from last year's high-powered City Center concert staging,"
"Set in the early 1900s, Ragtime intertwines the stories of three families whose lives converge amid the upheaval of a changing America: a wealthy white household from New Rochelle; a Black pianist, Coalhouse Walker Jr., and his beloved Sarah; and a Jewish immigrant, Tateh, struggling to survive with his daughter on the Lower East Side. Their journeys of hope, injustice, and transformation unfold against a backdrop of industrialization, racial violence, and the birth of mass media,"
"Lear deBessonet, beginning her tenure as Lincoln Center Theater's new artistic director, directs with clarity, confidence, and compassion. She keeps the production grounded, letting the story and performances carry the emotion more than the staging. Her visual language is simple but striking: the transitions between New Rochelle, Harlem, and the Lower East Side glide so fluidly that the show often feels as if it's materializing from memory, as the past is reassembled before our eyes."
Ragtime returns to Broadway in a revival at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater, expanded from a City Center concert staging. The musical is set in the early 1900s and interweaves three families: a wealthy white New Rochelle household; Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Black pianist, and his beloved Sarah; and Tateh, a Jewish immigrant struggling with his daughter on the Lower East Side. The narrative traces hope, injustice, and transformation amid industrialization, racial violence, and the rise of mass media, with historical figures like Booker T. Washington and Emma Goldman appearing. Lear deBessonet directs with clarity and compassion, favoring simple, fluid staging, brisk pacing, kinetic choreography, and skeletal scenic design enhanced by projections.
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