Ragtime to Host Talkback Series Beginning Dec. 15

By Allison Klamkin
11 Dec 2009

Beginning Dec. 15 Ragtime will host a monthly talkback series entitled "Ragtime Talk Time." The first installment will feature Ragtime’s Tony Award-winning songwriting team LLynn Ahrensand SStephen Flaherty

Each "RagtimeTalk Time" is free to anyone attending a Tuesday evening performance with a scheduled talkback.

Ahrens and Flaherty, who earned Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Ragtime, will discuss the process involved in creating the score, as well as their 26-year collaboration.

Ragtime, which opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on Nov. 15, is directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, and features a company of 40 actors, including Ron Bohmer (Father), Quentin Earl Darrington (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Christiane Noll (Mother), Robert Petkoff (Tateh), Bobby Steggert (Mother’s Younger Brother), Stephanie Umoh (Sarah), with Christopher Cox (The Little Boy), Sarah Rosenthal (The Little Girl), Mark Aldrich (Willie Conklin), Aaron Galligan-Stierle (Henry Ford), Jonathan Hammond (Harry Houdini), Dan Manning (Grandfather), Michael X. Martin (J.P. Morgan), Mike McGowan (Stanford White), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman), Josh Walden (Harry K. Thaw), Savannah Wise (Evelyn Nesbit), and Eric Jordan Young (Booker T. Washington).

Musical director James Moore leads a 28-piece orchestra, and the design team includes Derek McLane (scenic design), Santo Loquasto (costume design), Donald Holder (lighting design), Acme Sound Partners (sound design), Edward J. Wilson (hair and wig design) and William David Brohn (orchestrations).

The production debuted at The Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre on April 18, and played a sold-out engagement through May 17.

For tickets, priced $46.50-$126.50, or more information, call Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4100 or visit RagtimeBroadway.com.