{"id":59622,"date":"2026-06-10T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59622"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:07:01","slug":"why-ragtime-remains-so-culturally-relevant-in-2026-nearly-30-years-since-broadway-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59622","title":{"rendered":"Why Ragtime remains so culturally relevant in 2026, nearly 30 years since Broadway debut"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It has been nearly 30 years since Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Ragtime<\/em>, an American epic tracking the intertwining lives of three families in New York at the turn of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Staged at Lincoln Centre\u2019s Vivian Beaumont Theatre in New York, the musical \u2013 which won four Tony Awards on June 7, including best revival of a musical \u2013 is in its third run on Broadway. It is resonating the most with audiences this time, they say.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree is the charm,\u201d Ahrens says.<\/p>\n

Flaherty adds: \u201cWhen we originally did it on Broadway, which was 1998, I think a lot of people, if not most people, were thinking about this piece as a period piece. I think now, people are responding to it as a contemporary story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The story<\/h3>\n

Adapted from the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, the show\u2019s book is by the late playwright Terrence McNally. It depicts a broad sweep of the American experience in New York at the turn of the 20th century, from black Americans to Jewish immigrants to white upper-class residents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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