A leaked document shines new light on a surveillance program developed by the National Security Agency. The program, known as Ragtime, collects the contents of communications, such as emails and text ...

This son of a former slave, born near Texarkana, Texas, was raised in Sedalia, Mo., where encounters with a beat-up old piano obtained by his parents led him early on to pursue musical opportunities ...

On Monday night, The Entertainment Community Fund presented a one-night-only benefit reunion concert of Ragtime at the Minskoff Theatre. Get your official merchandise from the Entertainment Community ...

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“I want to make theater that matters,” says Lear deBessonet, “work that invites a wide audience to experience the richest possibilities of what live theater can be.” It’s no wonder, then, that ...

Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell are going back to before. The Tony-winning duo reunited on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the opening night performance of Lincoln Center Theater’s triumphant revival ...

Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz will reprise their roles in the musical. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Ragtime will be back on Broadway this fall. The New York City Center Gala ...

Ragtime developed as a popular musical style at the end of the 19th Century. It has its origins in the saloon bars and dance halls of African-American communities. Ragtime music was written down, not ...

Lincoln Center Theater has announced today that incoming Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s inaugural season will open with a new production of her acclaimed New York City Center Gala revival of ...

ANCHOR INTRO: E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel Ragtime has inspired a feature film and a stage musical. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando took in a rehearsal of the San Diego Musical Theatre’s production ...

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 ...