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Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow .
Ragtime is a novel by E. L. Doctorow, first published in 1975. [1] The sweeping historical fiction occurs in the area of New York City between 1902 and 1915. Ragtime was ranked number 86 among Modern Library's 100 Best Novels in 1998. Time magazine included Ragtime in its list of 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005. [2]
Flaherty and Ahrens wrote the musical stage adaptation of James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Death in the Family and its subsequent stage adaptation, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play All the Way Home by Tad Mosel, [12] with Ragtime director Frank Galati, who adapted the text and directed.
With a 33-member cast, 12-member creative team and nine-piece orchestra, “Ragtime” ranks among the biggest CCT productions. CCT to present large-scale 'Ragtime' musical at Lincoln Theatre Skip ...
In 1980, an adaption of E. L. Doctorow's historical novel Ragtime was released on screen. Randy Newman composed its music score, which was all original. In 1998, a stage version of Ragtime was produced on Broadway. With music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, the show featured several rags as well as songs in other musical styles.
The [original] score was influenced by Middle Eastern, Irish, Scottish, English folk, American honky-tonk, obviously jazz and ragtime and klezmer – even Greek music of that day, and Broadway, too... It is now 'more impressionistic'." [5]
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) continues to push creative boundaries with his latest score for the historical film “Chhaava,” while simultaneously spearheading ...
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.