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Ragtime The Musical

Book by Terence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Recommended Resources

Plot Summary & Audition Tips

List of Characters in Ragtime

Ragtime Original Cast Recording 

Ragtime Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)

Ragtime: Themes From The Hit Musical

Based on E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime

Ragtime follows the troubled lives of one particular family and those they encounter through the years 1906 - 1915. The story is an interesting snapshot of the history of this time, including real characters and events such as Houdini, J. P. Morgan, the murder of Stanford White, the invention of the Model T, and the sinking of the Lusitania.

Audition Preparation Suggestions for
Ragtime

This show features characters of a specific ethnicity. See our list of other shows with characters of particular ethnicities to aid in the search for audition material.

 
 
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Baritone, intense dance)
Star pianist and the father of Sarah's child; proud, confident, stubborn; becomes militant and violent for his cause
Mother (Alto)
Upper middle-class New Rochelle housewife; gentle, compassionate, optimistic
Booker T. Washington (Baritone)
Civil rights pioneer
Emma Goldman (Alto)
Feminist anarchist
Evelyn Nesbitt (Soprano, intense dance)
Sexy starlet loved by all men
Father (Baritone)
Upper middle-class business man. He wants to do the right thing but is traditional, cautious and resistant to change
Grandfather (Baritone)
Little Boy's grandfather. Very outspoken
Harry Houdini (Tenor )
World famous magician
Little Boy (Tenor)
Mother and Father's son; precocious, observant and always curious
Little Girl (Soprano)
Tateh's daughter. She is quiet and shy
Sarah (Alto)
The mother of Coalhouse's child; despondent, discouraged
Tateh (Tenor)
Jewish immigrant in search of the American Dream; intelligent, compassionate, creative
Willie Conklin (Tenor)
New Rochelle's fire chief. Obnoxious and cruel
Younger Brother (Baritone)
Mother's brother; an anarchist who is in love with Evelyn Nesbitt
Admiral Peary (Baritone)
An Explorer
Henry Ford (Baritone)
Founder of the Ford motor company
J.P. Morgan (Baritone)
Banking mogul
 

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Audition Preparation Materials

List of Songs in Ragtime (Click the title of the song to download digital sheet music)

 
Ragtime
Brief history of the musical by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Terrence McNally, plus links to cast albums and sheet music.
 
Road to Ragtime
about the creation of the last great musical of the century.
  • Ragtime (Company)
  • Goodbye, My Love (Mother)
  • Journey On (Mother, Father, Tateh)
  • Crime Of The Century (Evelyn Nesbit, Company)
  • What Kind Of Woman? (Mother)
  • A Shteltl Iz Amereke (Tateh, Immigrants)
  • Success (Houdini, Immigrants)
  • His Name Was Coalhouse Walker (People Of Harlem )
  • Getting' Ready Rag (Coalhouse, People Of Harlem)
  • Henry Ford (Henry Ford, Coalhouse, Company)
  • Nothing Like The City (Tateh, Mother, Little Boy, Little Girl)
  • Your Daddy's Son (Sarah)
  • The Courtship (Company)
  • New Music (Father, Mother, Younger Brother, Coalhouse, Sarah, Company)
  • Wheels Of A Dream (Sarah, Coalhouse)
  • The Night That Goldman Spoke (Younger Brother. Emma Goldman, Company )
  • Gliding (Tateh)
  • Justice (Coalhouse, People Of Harlem)
  • President (Sarah)
  • Till We Reach That Day (Sarah's Friend, People of Harlem, Coalhouse, Mother, Emma, Tateh, Immigrants, Company)
  • Coalhouse's Soliloquy (Coalhouse)
  • Coalhouse Demands All
  • What A Game! (Father, Little Boy, Baseball Fans)
  • Atlantic City (Evelyn Nesbit, Houdini, Vacationers)
  • Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc. (Tateh)
  • Our Children (Mother, Tateh)
  • Sarah Brown Eyes (Coalhouse, Sarah)
  • He Wanted To Say (Emma Goldman, Younger Brother, Coalhouse, Men)
  • Back To Before (Mother)
  • Look What You've Done (Booker T Washington, Women at Vigil, Father, Men)
  • Make Them Hear You (Coalhouse )

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