Ragtime Will Make TV Appearances Dec. 18-21

By Kenneth Jones
17 Dec 2009

Quentin Earl Darrington
Quentin Earl Darrington
Photo by Joan Marcus

Broadway's new production of Ragtime, the musical inspired by the E.L. Doctorow novel of the same name, will be represented on local and national television in the coming days.

Here's a look at the appearances:

Friday, Dec. 18
Quentin Earl Darrington, Christiane Noll, Robert Petkoff and Stephanie Umoh will appear on "Good Morning America" during the "One Warm Coat Drive" segment at approximately 8:05 AM on ABC (Channel 7 in the New York City area).

Saturday, Dec. 19
Quentin Earl Darrington, Christiane Noll and Robert Petkoff visit NY-1's "On Stage" studio for a group interview with host Donna Karger. "On Stage" is first seen 9:30 AM Saturday and gets repeated at other times on subsequent days on New York City's Time Warner Cable.

Sunday, Dec. 20
Quentin Earl Darrington and Stephanie Umoh sit down with WCBS-TV anchor Dana Tyler for an in-studio chat about making their Broadway debuts in the hit musical. The segment will air on the WCBS Morning News on Dec. 20 at 7:55 AM on Channel 2 in the New York City area.

Monday, Dec. 21
Christiane Noll will perform "Back to Before" on ABC's "The View" live in the 11:30 AM half hour on the nationally syndicated program (Channel 7 in the New York City area).

Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award- winning musical is playing at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street).

Ragtime features direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, and a 28-piece orchestra led by musical director James Moore.

Tickets — at $46.50, $86.50 and $126.50 (including $1.50 facility fee) — are available by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4100 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

For more information, visit www.RagtimeBroadway.com.