Matthew Murphy / Matthew MurphyThere is only one thing missing from Lincoln Center Theater’s (LCT) superlative Broadway revival of the musical Ragtime: a decompression chamber for emotionally frazzled audience members to retreat to after the final bows. At the end of three hours of Joshua Henry, ... Read more
The Daily Beast - Oct 17
Whether “Ragtime” is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates with the directness, passion and allegorical heft of an American folk epic. Lear deBessonet opens her tenu... Read more
Variety - Oct 17
Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, first staged on Broadway in a bloated 1998 production. Here, as she did with the recent Encores! pr... Read more
Deadline - Oct 17
Stripping away the excesses of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally’s 1996 musical about the turn of the 20th century amplifies its many, many flaws. Read more
New York Post - Oct 17
Nearly 30 years after its Broadway debut, Terrence McNally’s acclaimed “Ragtime,” a panoramic look at a tumultuous historical moment, is returning to the Great White Way for a new era. When the musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel was unveiled in 1996, it grappled with social issues t... Read more
Variety - Oct 02
