As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this year, following a debate about censorship of Cherry Hill High School's production Ragtime, the school will perform the show with it's book in tact- inc…
The Tony-winning actor will discuss the racially charged language that is part of the award-winning musical.
This musical has so much; it is so rich. It is a cascade of characters who are fully drawn, with captivating arcs. It’s a litany of singing performances, CMU’s great bastion of tal…
"Ragtime" seemed like an impossible dream of a musical for the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama until its Tony Award-winning composer, Stephen Flaherty, pointed out that the award-…
The award-winning American musical heads to Ford's Theatre.
Two weeks ago, the musical Ragtime came under fire at a high school in Cherry Hill, New Jersey for its deployment of racial slurs in telling a anti-racism story that is intended to evoke …
Fri, March 10 thru Sat, May 20 @ Ford's Theatre, presented by Ford's Theatre
Today it was reported that a New Jersey school district that had planned a censored production of the musical RAGTIMEhas overturned its decision.
Decision is a victory for anti-censorship groups.
On January 20, the Cherry Hill Public School system in New Jersey announced their intent to censor racially charged language for their upcoming drama group’s production of the musical …
The season will kick of with Kunstler, starring Braodway's Jeff McCarthy.
Award-winning regional theatre BSC has announced seven of the eight productions planned for its upcoming season.
Barrington Stage Company BSC, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, announced tod…
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, this spring, Cherry Hill High School will perform a different kind of Ragtime- without any racist or offensive language included. The school explains in…
The school board’s decision to cut racial slurs from the script brought over 100 community members to the school board meeting.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, this spring, Cherry Hill High School will perform a different kind of Ragtime- without any racist or offensive language included. The school explains in…
The school plans to remove racial slurs from the musical, although the licensing agreement doesn’t allow change.
This spring, Cherry Hill High School will perform a different kind of Ragtime- without any racist or offensive language included. The school explains in an official statement
There is no question that there are racially charged words in the musical Ragtime, just as there were in the novel upon which it is based. In telling the story of black characters, of Jew…
Watch Brian Stokes Mitchell stunning January 20th performance of at Concert for America. Stokes Mitchell started with a touching rendition of America the Beautiful, then transitioned into hi…
In honor of two Ragtime milestones this week, we test your knowledge of the Tony-winning musical.
BY CARY GINELL Louis Baker has had a varied career in the entertainment world. As an actor, he studied under three prestigious performers: Bill Duke, Haile Gerima, and Debbie Allen. He has w…
The first act of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally's Ragtime ends with Sarah, a young black woman, murdered by police as she's mistakenly identified as a potential a…
BY CARY GINELL The musical Ragtime, which plays through this Sunday, December 4, at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, is an important work that weaves actual historical personages …
U.K.'s Charing Cross Theatre presents a stripped-down Ragtime revival.