★★★★★ Joshua Henry gives what's destined to be a Tony-winning performance in this much-needed revival
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The second Broadway revival of Ahrens, Flaherty, and McNally's musical about America opens, powerful as ever, at Lincoln Center. Lane Williamson reviews.
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★★★★★ Following last year's lauded City Center concert, The great musical returns to Broadway with its stellar cast intact led by Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and…
Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical R…
Whether "Ragtime" is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow's kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates…
Stripping away the excesses of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally's 1996 musical about the turn of the 20th century amplifies its many, many flaws. Â
By Samuel L. Leiter
October 16, 2025: Lear deBessonet makes a stunning debut as the Kewsong Lee Artistic Director at Lincoln Center with her magnificent revival of the musical Ragtime (1996…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00pm on October 16, 2025☆⚑
By Paulanne Simmons
October 16, 2025: When Ragtime made its world premiere in Toronto in 1996, it seemed that E.L. Doctorow's vision of an inclusive America might not be that far from reali…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00pm on October 16, 2025☆⚑
By David Sheward
October 16, 2025: Ragtime has been never been more relevant and Lear deBessonet's epic production for Lincoln Center Theater where she has recently been installed as artist…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00pm on October 16, 2025☆⚑
When Ragtime was first staged in the mid-1990s, it embodied a certain post-Reagan excess with producer Garth Drabinksy's elaborate, budget-busting staging (fireworks! a working Model T!) and…
By Isa Goldberg
October 16, 2025: The greatest romance in history, as told in this revival of Ragtime at Lincoln Center, is based on the records of the immigrants who helped build our natio…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00pm on October 16, 2025☆⚑
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Eleven months ago, the City Center Annual Gala Presentation of Ragtime, minimally staged by director Lear DeBessonet, received excellent reviews (mine am…
The revival of "Ragtime" has taken on more of the epic feel to which it aspires, thanks to its move from an Encores series concert to a full Broadway production on the Vivian Beaumont's gran…
The Lincoln Center Theatre Mgt. has mounted a new production of the musical RAGTIME to replace the recent ones that first attracted us 30 years ago. Lear deBessonet is the org…
In honor of opening night on October 16, Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Ragtime released production photos of Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz,…
Ragtime opens tonight, October 16, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as Artistic Director Lear deBessonet's first production of her inaugural season. Check out all new photos of the cast in act…
