A Mini Cd release of the Original Cast of the Broadway Revival production

Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. The music includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime.Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States in the early 20th century: 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.Historical figures including Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman are represented in the stories.

Track Listing

• Ragtime
• New Music
• Wheels Of A Dream
• Buffalo Nickel Photoplay Inc.
• Our Children
• Back To Before
• Make Them Hear You

Additional Details

Label: JAY Records

Genre: Musical/Broadway

Run Time: 22 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/01/11

UPC: 605288801020