Ragtime (musical)

Ragtime
Cover of cast recording
Music	Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics	Lynn Ahrens
Book	Terrence McNally
Basis	Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Productions	1996 Toronto 1997 Los Angeles 1998 Broadway 1998 1st US Tour 1998 Chicago 1999 2nd US Tour 2003 West End 2009 Kennedy Center 2009 Broadway revival 2012 London revival 2013 Avery Fisher Hall concert 2016 Ellis Island concert 2016 London revival 2018 Norwegian production 2019 Australian production 2023 Reunion concert 2024 Off-Broadway
Awards	Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score

Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow.

Set in the early 20th century, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States: African Americans, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; upper-class suburbanites, represented by Mother, the matriarch of a white upper-class family in New Rochelle, New York; and Eastern European immigrants, represented by Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. The show also incorporates historical figures such as Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman.