Julie Benko Joins Broadway's Ragtime as Emma Goldman Beginning Tonight by Jonah De Forest

Julie Benko officially joins the cast of Ragtime as Russian-born anarchist Emma Goldman tonight, January 9 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. She steps in through March 29 for Shaina Taub, …

Julie Benko Joins Ragtime Broadway Revival January 9 by Margaret Hall

Benko will play the role of Emma Goldman for three months.

Video: Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis Sing 'Wheels of a Dream' From RAGTIME

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, will be released digitally on January 9,…

"Wheels of a Dream" - Ragtime by Lincoln Center Theater

"Wheels of a Dream" performed by Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis from the 2025 Broadway Revival of RAGTIME at Lincoln Center Theater Stream, download, or order CD & vinyl: https://ctr.ffm.t…

Photos: Inside the RAGTIME Cast Recording Listening Party

The Ragtime cast got a first listen to the forthcoming cast recording at a special listening party. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from the special event below! As Broa…

Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Nichelle Lewis, Brandon Uranowitz RAGTIME New Broadway Album 1st listen by Broadway.com

RAGTIME's Ben Levi Ross on the Onstage Transformation of Mother's Younger Brother by Broadway.com

RAGTIME standout Ben Levi Ross discusses the arc of Mother's Younger Brother and more with Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens. Get tickets to RAGTIME: https://www.broadway.com/shows/…

Ben Levi Ross on Righteous Anger and Transformation in Ragtime by Jonah De Forest

“I'm really drawn to a big arc,” says Ben Levi Ross. “I'm drawn to someone who's very changed through the length of the piece.” This is an appropriate sentiment for Ross, who goes fr…

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for January 6, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche post for January 6, 2026 is about E.L. Doctorow and Ragtime. Other earlier Travalanche posts for January 6 (in no particular order) include ones on: Chaplin’s The…

On Doctorow’s “Ragtime” and Other Historical Excursions by Trav S.D.

I’ve wanted to do a dedicated post on E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime for a while now, mostly on account of his treatment of several real life characters I have researched and written about, and…

Julie Benko Joins Ragtime Broadway Revival January 6 by Margaret Hall

Benko will play the role of Emma Goldman for three months.

2025 in Review: Our Favorite Productions by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buen…

RAGTIME Breaks Box Office Record at Lincoln Center Theater

Lincoln Center Theater’s 2025 revival of Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, has broken the record for highest weekly gross in the history of Lincoln Center…

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’, ‘Ragtime’, ‘Just In Time’ & ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Smash Broadway House Records by Greg Evans

Christmas week was reliably bountiful for Broadway, with early reports of record-breaking grosses for the holiday period coming in hours before the official numbers are released by the Broad…

Show Showdown's Top Theater List of 2025 by Wendy Caster

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" so opens Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," and while this blog post has nothing to do with the French Revolution, we would…

2025 in Review: Our Favorite Performances by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buen…

Report From New York: Superb Ragtime — Make Them Hear You by Bill Hirschman

In the superbly created heightened reality of the newest Broadway edition of Ragtime, not only are you inhabited by the seduction but you look around at the 1,000-plus compatriots in the aud…

Understudies From Ragtime, Hell's Kitchen, and Oh, Mary! Will Step Into the Spotlight in 2026 by Andrew Gans

The At This Performance… concert series is an ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies, and alternates.

Broadway Games: Double Trouble in 2025 by JK

Overall, 2025 was a busy year on the stage. For some actors, it was really a busy year. Several actors appeared in two different productions this year nearly over. Broadway Games: Double T…

‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and the Art of Racial Solidarity by Salamishah Tillet

Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.

Julie Benko Will Release New Solo Recording, Euphonic Gumbo by Andrew Gans

The Funny Girl star is heading back to Broadway next month in the revival of Ragtime.

Goodspeed 2025 Year-End Wrap Up! by Goodspeed Musicals

A look back at our sensational 2025 season! Video features the casts of Ragtime, All Shook Up, About Time, A Chorus Line, The Great Emu War and Irving Berlin's White Christmas. With an ann…

2025 in Review: The Movers and Moments of the Year by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buen…

2025 in Review: Our Favorite Design Elements by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical, Buen…

Hear From Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter, The Stars of RAGTIME and More on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

It’s The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access …

2025 in Review: Our Favorite Writing and Direction by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buena…

Top 10 Lists of Top 10 NYC Theater in 2025: Liberation is number 1 by Jonathan Mandell

Liberation” is by far the most critically acclaimed theater of 2025, featured in nine of the ten Top 10 lists below. Bess Wohl’s play about a woman’s liberation group in the 1970s is f…

Titanique and Balusters coming to Broadway. Anna and Marjorie open. Kristin and Laurie to close. Stageworthy News. by Jonathan Mandell

The Broadway theatergoer liked “Ragtime,” disliked “Queen of Versailles,” and wished “Boop” had been better. That’s the results so far of my annual poll. But who is “the Bro…

Broadway Updates on Oh, Mary!, Wicked, Ragtime, The Queen of Versailles, Ragtime, & The Lost Boys by BroadwayWorld

Today on Broadway: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 by Matt Tamanini

BC/EFA sets new record, Benko to step in for Taub in ‘Ragtime,’ ‘Coyote Ugly’ and ‘August Rush’ musicals in the works Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and o…

Emma Flynn Will Succeed Julie Benko in Washington, D.C. Guys and Dolls by Andrew Gans

Benko had to depart the Shakespeare Theatre Company production in order to star in Ragtime on Broadway.