Ragtime
Jim Corti, Lynette Perry, Judy Kaye, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Lea Michele, Peter Friedman, Mark Jacoby, and Marin Mazzie, 1998
Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States in the early 20th century: African Americans, upper-class suburbanites, and Eastern European immigrants. The musical also features appearances by real historical figures such as Houdini, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan and Emma Goldman.