Ragtime -The Musical

Epic in scope but emotionally intimate, the musical Ragtime captures America at the dawn of the twentieth century. With a mix of historical characters (Harry Houdini, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan and Evelyn Nesbitt) and fictional, the Tony award-winning book and score trace the often tumultuous encounters between three families: a white family from New Rochelle, a black family from Harlem and a Jewish family recently arrived from Latvia. Song, dance, drama and comedy weave a story of hope from a challenging time in our history. A time with powerful and surprising contemporary resonance.