Ragtime shall be again on Broadway this fall.
The New York Metropolis Middle Gala revival of Ragtime will play Lincoln Middle’s Vivian Beaumont Theater beginning Sept. 26. Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz will reprise their roles within the manufacturing after collaborating within the fall 2024 New York Metropolis Middle manufacturing.
This marks the primary manufacturing of the season beneath new Lincoln Middle Inventive Director Lear deBessonet. DeBesonnet directs the revival, after directing the autumn manufacturing whereas appearing because the creative director of Metropolis Middle’s Encores! She beforehand directed Into the Woods at Metropolis Middle, which additionally transferred to Broadway.
The musical revival, which contains a rating by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens and a e book by Terrence McNally, is scheduled to open Oct. 16 and run via Jan. 4. Based mostly on E.L. Doctorow’s novel, the present follows three households within the early 1900s making an attempt to pursue the American dream: a Black pianist, Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Henry), and his girlfriend, Sarah,, a Jewish immigrant Tateh (Uranowitz) and his little woman, and a rich white household led by Mom (Levy).
Ragtime initially ran on Broadway from 1998 to 2000 after which had one other Broadway revival from 2009 to 2010.
Henry has appeared on Broadway in Into the Woods, as Billy Bigelow in the newest revival of Carousel and in Shuffle Alongside, amongst others. Levy originated the position of Sheila in the newest Broadway revival of Hair and has a number of Broadway credit together with as Elsa in Frozen, as Rose within the revival of Caroline, or Change, and in Leopoldstadt reverse Uranowitz. Uranowitz is a Tony Award winner for his position in Leopoldstadt, and has appeared on Broadway in Falsettos, An American in Paris and extra.
The whole solid shall be introduced at a later date. Ragtime is produced by Lincoln Middle Theater in affiliation with Tom Kirdahy, Kevin Ryan and Robert Greenblatt.
Along with deBessonet, the upcoming season at Lincoln Middle Theater shall be beneath the management of a brand new govt workforce together with Managing Director Mike Schleifer, Govt Producer Bartlett Sher, Producer Nicole Kastrinos, Govt Director of Improvement and Planning Naomi Grabel and LCT3 Inventive Director and Producer Maria Manuela Goyane.