by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Directed and Choreographed by Tony® nominated Marcia Milgrom Dodge and produced by Phoenix Entertainment, Ragtime features a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and is based on E.L. Doctorow’s best-selling 1975 novel, Ragtime.

D.L. Doctorow

D.L. Doctorow wrote the excellent book RAGTIME about this wild time in our history.

Lynn Ahrens

Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.

Scott Joplin

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Scott Joplin wrote ragtime in the city, and blues performer Louis Jordan operated a club and lived in the city.

playwright Terrence McNally

(Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff ), noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.

by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally

Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.

with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and by Stephen Flaherty, and based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow music

As written by Terrence McNally, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, and based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of America and its melting pot at the dawn of the 20th century, weaving together the stories of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – all united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future.

by Lynn Ahrens

The lyrics of Ragtime were written by Lynn Ahrens, and the music was composed by Stephen Flaherty.

Tony Award winner Terrence McNally

Featuring a powerful score by the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and book by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, RAGTIME is a sweeping musical portrait of America.

a 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow

Ragtime is a 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow.

a novel by E. L. Doctorow, published in 1975

Ragtime is a novel by E. L. Doctorow, published in 1975.

E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015)

E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015) was an American author, best known for the novel Ragtime.

E.L. Doctorow's work of historical fiction set in and around New York City during the early years of the 20th Century

In 1975, E.L. Doctorow published Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow's work of historical fiction set in and around New York City during the early years of the 20th Century.

Some black composers comparable to Scott Joplin

Some black composers comparable to Scott Joplin were writing music known as ragtime , which had a really completely different rhythm from normal European music, but used notes that were just like some European music.

by the award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, SEUSSICAL,

Written by the award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, SEUSSICAL,) and noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, RAGTIME was the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score and Book and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.

Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin

Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin were writing ragtime music and Geroge Gershwin was still four years from publishing Geroge Gershwin's first song.