Ragtime reveals additional Broadway casting

Additional casting has been announced for Lincoln Center Theater’s upcoming revival of Ragtime.

The revival was first staged in concert under the direction of Lear deBessonet at the New York City Center in 2024, and sees many of the cast returning to their roles.

As previously announced, Joshua Henry will star as Coalhouse Walker Jr, Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz as Tateh, and Caissie Levy as Mother.

Joining them will be Colin Donnell as Father, Nichelle Lewis as Sarah, Ben Levi Ross as Mother’s Younger Brother, Shaina Taub as Emma Goldman, John Clay III as Booker T Washington, and Rodd Cyrus as Harry Houdini. All played their roles in the original staging.

The ensemble will include City Center cast members Nicholas Barrón, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Billy Cohen, Rheaume Crenshaw, Ta’Nika Gibson, David Jennings, Marina Kondo, Morgan Marcell, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, John Rapson, Deandre Sevon, Jacob Keith Watson, and Alan Wiggins.

Charity Angél Dawson joins the company for the Broadway run. A further nine cast members will be announced at a later date, bringing the full ensemble to 33.

Ragtime features a book by Terrence McNally and a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and is inspired by the novel by EL Doctorow.

The Broadway revival will be led by a full orchestra of 28, performing the original orchestrations by William David Brohn. The production will have music direction by James Moore, choreography by Ellenore Scott, sets by David Korins, costumes by Linda Cho, lighting by Adam Honoré, sound by Kai Harada, projections by 59 Productions, and hair and wigs by Tom Watson. Vocal arrangements are by Stephen Flaherty.

Of deBessonet’s New York City Center production, TheaterMania’s Zachary Stewart wrote in his review, “For devotees of musical theater, the real draw is hearing the very best Ahrens and Flaherty score sung by top-tier Broadway talent.”

This is the second Broadway revival of the now-classic musical, following a 2010 staging at the Neil Simon Theatre. It premiered in 1998 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

Ragtime plays at the Vivian Beaumont Theater from 26 September.

Full casting and additional details will be revealed at a later date.