Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Unlike many musicals of its caliber Ragtime is not an innovative piece. It ...

Most people's knowledge of ragtime doesn't go past a few classic Scott Joplin compositions, and practitioners of the style today (not to mention composers) are few and far between. However, there has ...

Once again, Ragtime is wowing critics. Staged at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, this third Broadway production of the Tony-winning musical began previews on Sept. 26, officially opened on Thursday, and ...

Friday is the anniversary of Scott Joplin’s death in 1917. The story of this Black master of the ragtime genre can seem like one that never got far beyond the starting gate and ended with a sad ...