Bristol Riverside Theatre's 'Ragtime': An ambitious, timely show
It's a fine time for Bristol Riverside Theatre's production of Ragtime, the Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty/Terrence McNally musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's sprawling 1975 novel (which was followed by Milos Forman's 1981 film). The show premiered in 1996, and saw a Broadway revival in 2009. It takes place in the years between the turn of the 20th century and World War I.