Just minutes before Joshua Henry took the stage on opening night of Ragtime, he received a special delivery from the musical's original Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Brian Stokes Mitchell. Mitchell sent Henry a note on a signed picture of himself as Coalhouse, officially passing on the role to him. "Coalhouse is now in your hands and heart and head and body and voice and soul," the note read. "Make them hear you. Happy open…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AM on October 20, 2025