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The name Coalhouse Walker is a reference to the 1811 German novella Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist. Doctorow called Ragtime a "quite deliberate hommage " to Kleist's story. [ 3 ] The elements involving Coalhouse's humiliation and his increasingly desperate search for a dignified resolution reflect plot details in Kleist.
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was best known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's King, George Haley in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime, Captain Davenport in the 1984 film A Soldier's Story, and as Virgil Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television ...
Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow.It is set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time.
The cast included Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker Jr, Caissie Levy as Mother, Brandon Uranowitz (who originated the role Little Boy in its world premiere in Toronto) as Tateh, Colin Donnell as Father, Ben Levi Ross as Younger Brother, Shaina Taub as Emma Goldman, and Nichelle Lewis [37] (replacing Joaquina Kalukango, who, in turn, replaced Joy ...
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He originated the role of Coalhouse Walker Jr, in the musical Ragtime, which opened on Broadway in January 1998. He received a 1998 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. [ 13 ] He appeared in the 1999 revival of Cole Porter 's Kiss Me, Kate as Fred Graham / Petruchio, winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical .
A sicko from New Jersey allegedly took part in a neo-Nazi child-porn ring whose members groomed children online and extorted them to send self-produced, sexually-explicit videos, federal ...
In 2002 he made his West End debut in Rob Bettinson and Alan Janes' 125th Street at the Shaftesbury Theatre. [5] Following that production, Morrow starred in the London premiere of Ragtime, directed by Stafford Arima at the Piccadilly Theatre, as Coalhouse Walker Jr., a performance for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.