Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert

Overview

The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty especially for the Pops. Based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the stories of three intersecting groups in the U.S. in the early 20th century: Eastern European immigrants, the African American community in Harlem, and an upper-class white family. Together, they confront history's timeless tensions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair.

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Cast

Alton Fitzgerald White

Coalhouse Walker, Jr.

Elizabeth Stanley

Mother

John Cariani

Tateh

Nikki Renée Daniels

Sarah

David Harris

Father

A.J. Shively

Mother's Younger Brother

Klea Blackhurst

Emma Goldman