Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Bug @ the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon @ Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, The Opening @ The Pla…

Jan. 18 marks the 28th anniversary of the musical’s opening — here’s how the star-studded cast first got together.

Joshua Henry performs “New Music” as Coalhouse Walker Jr."

Sure, on October 16 th , when RAGTIME opened at VivianBeaumont Theatre, the cast performed magnificently.Everyone wanted to please those...Continue Reading The post RAGTIME IN JANUARY appeared first on Broadway…

"Time is precious, don’t wait to chase your dreams! Do it scared, do it now."

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 both on and off the …

Name the talented actor's other roles with these clues.

There are seven new participants in the twice-yearly discount program: All Out:, Chess, Liberation, Marjorie Prime, Oedipus,Ragtime, Two Strangers (the links are to my reviews.) Click on the Broadway Week lin…

January 13 was the birthday of Tin Pan Alley composer James V. Monaco (1885-1945). Monaco was an Italian immigrant who moved to the U.S. with his family when he was six years old. He was raised in Albany, where…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend. NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Story Picks, Click He…

The cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival is now available for streaming and download.

“Journey On,” performed by Colin Donnell, Brandon Uranowitz and Caissie Levy from the 2025 Broadway Revival of RAGTIME at Lincoln Center Theater. Stream, download, or preorder the new album from Concord T…

The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, is now available digitally! CD and vinyl releases will follow on February 6 and April 3, respectiv…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 9, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Story Picks, Click He…

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, who is taking a prev…

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

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, 2026, with CD and v…

"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.to/ragtime

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 BroadwayWorld previously…

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/ragtime/

“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 from lovelorn Victoria…

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 Circus Danny Thomas…

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 some other notables…

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

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 Vista Social Club,…

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 Theater (week endin…

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 Broadway League this afte…

"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 like to celebrate t…

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 Vista Social Club,…

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 auditorium and feel the…

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

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 Trouble in 2025 DIR…

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

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

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 annual operating budget…

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 Vista Social Club,…

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 Vista Social Club,…

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 both on and off the …

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 Vista Social Club, …

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 followed by “John P…

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 Broadway theatergoer”…

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 only daily podcast re…

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

She is filling in for Shaina Taub, who is taking a previously announced leave of absence following the January 4, 2026 performance and returning on March 31.

Julie Benko will join the cast of Ragtime as Russian-born firebrand Emma Goldman. She is filling in for Shaina Taub, who is taking a previously announced leave of absence following the January 4, 2026 performan…

Benko will play the role of Emma Goldman for three months in 2026.

Julie Benko will join the company of the revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater as ‘Emma Goldman’ beginning Friday, January 9 through Sunday, March 29. Shaina Taub who originated the role, and wi…

by Sarah Lasko. NEW YORK, NY. — In a shocking turn of events, it was discovered that Jeremy Jordan is currently still stuck to a concrete slab inside Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in Manhattan. …

Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, revitalized by the recent casting of the film franchise’s Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, once again topped the box office roster with a magical gross of $2,939,627…

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced complete casting and the creative team for Come From Away, the next production in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. Come From Away will begin performances on Wednesday, Februar…

Paper Mill Playhouse has revealed the complete cast and the creative team for Come From Away, the next production in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. Come From Away will begin performances on Wednesday, Februar…

Shoshana Bean is joining the world premiere of The Lost Boys, A New Musical. The Grammy winner and two-time Tony nominee will take on the role of Lucy Emerson in the musical (Ragtime’s Caissie Levy was prev…

Happy holidays friends, readers and theater lovers! No matter how you celebrate, we wish you and yours the very best of the season and the new year!  Are you still on the hunt for the perfect gift for the the…

We're riding on the Wheels of a Dream around New York neighborhoods. Lincoln Center Theater went out into the community, covering five New York boroughs to share RAGTIME’S music and collect your dreams for th…

Patrick Page to lead ‘Titus Andronicus’ Off-Broadway; Jones, Chanler-Berat, and Boyer to do Lee’s ‘Mother Russia’; watch ‘Ragtime’ opening number from Lincoln Center Since 2016, “Today on Broadw…

The cast of Ragtime’s latest Broadway revival stopped by Good Morning America to deliver a taste of the show’s powerful opening sequence. Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz and Nichelle Lewis all…

Good Morning America paid a visit to the Vivian Beaumont Theatre to capture the show's "Prologue."

RAGTIME is now in performances at LCT's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Extended by popular demand through June 14, 2026. Get tickets today: lct.org

To celebrate the hit revival of Broadway's Ragtime, Good Morning America visited the Vivian Beaumont Theatre for an exclusive performance of the musical's opening number. Watch as the company, including Joshua …

A lead producer of “Just in Time,” “Ragtime” and “Hadestown,” as well as the 2025 “Kiss of the Spider Woman” film, shares the two questions he asks when creating the ad campaign for any new proj…

Broadway's Ragtime, Just in Time, and Buena Vista Social Club performed at the annual event, and Bowen Yang made an appearance.

It is hard to believe we are once again in the winter months. Whoever said time goes by faster with each year you grow older said a mouthful!  As has been tradition over the years, before we look ahead, we li…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! In our final major theatre trip of 2025, my stagey fiancé Aeron James and…

With its mix of Jewish immigrants, Black residents of Harlem, and privileged white characters, the Broadway show Ragtime is resonating strongly with audiences in the current political climate.

On Thursday, November 27, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season with its 99th march. During the parade, several Broadway stars attended as VIP guests, including Leslie Odom Jr., Jes…

Yesterday, on Thanksgiving, Macy's kicked off the holiday season with its 99th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year, as is tradition, Broadway performers hit 34th Street to perform numbers from Ragt…

Joshua Henry, Nichelle Lewis and cast perform "Wheels of a Dream" and "Ragtime" (written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) from The Lincoln Center's 2025 Revival of RAGTIME Wheels of a Dream / Ragtime from …

Cynthia Erivo and the Broadway casts of “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Ragtime” and “Just in Time,” as well as the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes on their 100th anniversary performed at the 99th annu…

Broadway's Ragtime, Just In Time, and Buena Vista Social Club performed at the annual event this year.

Below are videos from the Broadway casts who performed at the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Buena Vista Social Club, Ragtime and Just in Time, as well as Broadway veteran and Wicked star Cynthia Erivo …

Returning musicals take another shot at success – with very different outcomes.

Tony winner and Wicked film star Cynthia Erivo is opening the annual celebration.

We tagged along to a late-night rehearsal for performers from “Just in Time,” “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Ragtime.”