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Why can’t you hear the song?\u00a0Click play, and you will! See Joshua Henry<\/a>, Nichelle Lewis<\/a>,\u00a0Colin Donnell<\/a>, Caissie Levy<\/a>, Ben Levi Ross<\/a>, and the cast of Broadway’s current revival of\u00a0Ragtime<\/a><\/em> record the score’s “New Music” for the recently released cast album in the video above. The full album is currently available on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n The production’s multi-extended run continues at the Vivian Beaumont Theater via Lincoln Center Theater<\/a> through August 2.\u00a0The revival opened October 16, 2025. See what critics had to say about the Broadway bow here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow<\/a>, Ragtime<\/em> blends fact and fiction telling the story of New York City at the dawn of the 20th century, with a book by Terrence McNally<\/a>, music by Stephen\u00a0Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn\u00a0Ahrens. The story focuses on Coalhouse Walker, Jr., a Black man who buys a Model T Ford and sets off a chain of events that encompass all levels of New York City society, along with magician Harry Houdini<\/a>, industrialist Henry Ford, celebrity party girl Evelyn Nesbit, civil rights leader Booker T. Washington, architect Stanford White, anarchist Emma Goldman, a Jewish Latvian immigrant who becomes a movie director, and an upper class white family living in suburban New Rochelle.<\/p>\n Henry, Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz<\/a> lead the cast as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Mother, and Tateh, respectively, with Donnell (Anything Goes<\/a><\/em>) as Father, Lewis (The Wiz<\/a><\/em>) as Sarah, Ross (Dear Evan Hansen<\/a><\/em>) as Mother’s Younger Brother, Shaina Taub<\/a> as Emma Goldman, John Clay III<\/a> (New York, New York<\/a><\/em>) as Booker T. Washington, and Rodd Cyrus<\/a> (The Light in the Piazza<\/a><\/em>) as Harry Houdini. All are reprising their performances from the production’s New York City Center<\/a> run.<\/p>\n The Broadway cast also features Anna Grace\u00a0Barlow as Evelyn Nesbit, Nick Barrington<\/a> as The Little Boy, and Ellie May Sennett<\/a> as The Little Girl. They are currently joined by Nicholas Barr\u00f3n<\/a>, Lauren Blackman<\/a>, Allison Blackwell<\/a>, Briana Carlson-Goodman<\/a>, Jordan Chin<\/a>, Eean Sherrod Cochran<\/a>, Billy Cohen<\/a>, Kerry Conte<\/a>, Rheaume Crenshaw<\/a>, Ellie Fishman<\/a>, Jason Forbach<\/a>, Nick Gaswirth<\/a>, Ta\u2019Nika Gibson, Jackson Parker Gill<\/a>, David Jennings<\/a>, Marina Kondo<\/a>, Morgan Marcell<\/a>, Kane Emmanuel Miller<\/a>, Jenny Mollet<\/a>, Tom Nelis<\/a>, Kent Overshown<\/a>, Kayla Pecchioni<\/a>, Jake Pedersen<\/a>, John Rapson<\/a>, Matthew Scott<\/a>, Deandre Sevon<\/a>, Keenan D. Washington<\/a>, Jacob Keith Watson<\/a>, Alan Wiggins<\/a>, and Keenan Williams. Casting is by The Telsey Office<\/a>‘s Craig Burns.<\/p>\n The production also features choreography by Ellenore Scott<\/a>, set design by David Korins<\/a>, costume design by Linda Cho<\/a>, lighting design by Adam Honore\u0301 and Donald Holder<\/a>, sound design by Kai Harada<\/a>, projection design by 59 Studio, and hair and wig design by Tom Watson<\/a>. Music director James Moore<\/a> is conducting a 28-piece orchestra playing the original orchestrations by William David Brohn<\/a>, and vocal arrangements by Flaherty. Ann James is sensitivity specialist, and Tim Semon serves as production stage manager.<\/p>\n READ: The Making of Broadway\u2019s Ragtime<\/em>, an Oral History<\/a><\/p>\n The musical premiered on Broadway in 1998 following a pre-Broadway bow in Toronto, with an original cast that boasted Brian Stokes Mitchell<\/a>, Audra McDonald<\/a>, and Marin Mazzie<\/a>. McDonald won the second of her six career Tony Awards for her featured performance as Sarah. Even in a year otherwise dominated by juggernaut The Lion King<\/a><\/em>, Ragtime<\/em> managed to also win Tonys for McNally’s book and Flaherty and Ahrens’ score, along with Brohn’s orchestrations.<\/p>\n The LCT staging is produced in association with Tom Kirdahy<\/a>, Kevin Ryan<\/a>, Robert Greenblatt<\/a>, and Lamar Richardson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n