Twenty-five years ago, my parents brought me to New York to see Ragtime on Broadway. The show is set on the eve of the First World War and features three families —a Jewish refugee family from Latvia, ...

In a world where we have a biracial president, drive foreign cars, wear clothes made in China and frequently dine in Mexican restaurants, we don’t seem to grasp the depth of prejudice experienced by ...

Drawn from E.L. Doctorow’s popular novel, the 1998 musical Ragtime, now getting its first New York revival (Neil Simon Theatre), deals with blacks confronting white America. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ...

In a striking, bold and ambitious new production, triple Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Best Musical Revival 2010, 2011, 2012) adds a contemporary twist to this powerful musical. As the strains ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Sedalia, Missouri, will host the International Ragtime Festival next week (May 28-31). The festival celebrates the life of famous Missourian Scott Joplin. Joplin landed in ...

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Stafford Arima is breaking off his six-year love affair with "Ragtime." After working his way up to become the director of the musical's touring production which comes to the RiverCenter Adler Theatre ...