Grappling with issues of race, prejudice and social class, the convoluted tale gives a panoramic snapshot of a nation in transition in all its thorny complexity.ĭetails: Feb.
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15373677: Universal Unique Identifier (. Brian Stokes Mitchell - Coalhouse Walker Peter Friedman - Tateh Marin Mazzie - Mother Audra. Ragtime (Musical), (Flanerty), Ford Center for the Performing Arts (2000). It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ( Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff ), noted playwright Terrence McNally. Ragtime was the first truly American musical genre, predating jazz. Set in New York in the first decade of the 20th century, the epic story weaves together threads about an African-American ragtime musician, a wealthy white Westchester County family and a Jewish immigrant silhouette artist from Eastern Europe, with a whole lot of historical figures sprinkled through the story, such as Henry Ford and Harry Houdini, Emma Goldman and Booker T. Ragtime is a musical based on the book by E.L. This sweeping musical portrait of early-twentieth-century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream. It’s that last version that Berkeley Playhouse is bringing to the Julia Morgan Theater as part of the musical theater company’s 10th anniversary season. There’s the 1975 novel by E.L Doctorow, the acclaimed 1981 feature film and the 1998 Broadway musical that won Tony Awards for its book by playwright Terrence McNally (“Love! Valour! Compassion!,” “Master Class,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman”) and its score by the frequent team of lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty (“Once on This Island,” “Seussical”). For a work of historical fiction, “Ragtime” has a lot of history itself.
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