New D.C. version is less lavish than original
"Ragtime" is a show about optimism in the face of prejudice and poverty and the bright possibilities of the future. As its ballads are sung with fiery emotional force, it's impossible not to…
Major musical drawn from Doctorow novel triumphantly returns to Broadway
The cast and orchestra sizes have, thankfully, remained intact since the Kennedy Center. But under the harsher lights of Broadway, and with many more changes instituted (and almost none of t…