"Ragtime" is a show about optimism in the face of prejudice and poverty and the bright possibilities of the future. As its ballads are sung with fiery emotional force, it's impossible not to…
Major musical drawn from Doctorow novel triumphantly returns to Broadway
The cast and orchestra sizes have, thankfully, remained intact since the Kennedy Center. But under the harsher lights of Broadway, and with many more changes instituted (and almost none of t…
With Kerry O'Malley, Adam Heller and Danny Gurwin.
Otherwise admirable Paper Mill production scrimps on scenery
Officials of a north suburban park district say strong racial language in the musical "Ragtime" prompted their decision Wednesday to cancel the show two weeks before it was set to open.
One upscale Chicago suburb grappled with political correctness, and some troubling questions got asked on the way to a happy compromise.