Lincoln Center Theater to Revive RAGTIME at the Vivian Beaumont, Fall 2025

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:12am

Whoa!!!

https://broadwayjournal.com/politically-potent-ragtime-coming-to-the-beaumont/

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:16am

And it seems to finally be set.

Get your Tony speeches ready Joshua and Brandon. I didn’t love everything about the NYCC production but they were terrific. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:20am

Again, full orchestrations and production value, not another concert staging. LCT is betting big here.

Full Encores cast is set to transfer, though it should also be noted that Joy Woods — who was originally announced to play Sarah — will be free by the time this starts rehearsals. 

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:25am

YES!!

 

I wouldn't mind if Levy got replaced.

[jlindsey865]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:28am

ACL2006 said: "YES!!



I wouldn't mind if Levy got replaced."

Agree 100% - she is totally wrong for the role.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:32am

And there were 95 years to go, wheeeee!

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:38am

Is Ragtime one of those shows, like Follies, that is loved and revived but simply doesn't turn a profit due to expense? 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:39am

I wonder if Betsy Wolfe is banging on some doors this morning. 

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:40am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Again, full orchestrations and production value, not another concert staging. LCT is betting big here.

Full Encores cast is set to transfer, though it should also be notedthat Joy Woods — who was originally announced to play Sarah — will be free by the time this starts rehearsals.

"

How do you know Joy Woods will be free? I thought all 4 leads signed a one year contract.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:42am

HOLY SH*T!!!!   AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:54am

Busy late summer for Shaina Taub, who’ll be doing this as SUFFS prepares to launch its tour and DEVIL WEARS PRADA more than likely gears up for Broadway. 

[jpbran]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:57am

I haven't seen Ragtime since the 1998 Chicago sit-down production. Would love to see a lush/large revival in a space like the Beaumont! 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 11:57am

EDSOSLO858 said: "DEVIL WEARS PRADA more than likely gears up for Broadway."

LOL

 

Re: Ragtime; I hope this can sustain a run through the tony awards. Beginning in the fall kind of worries me it won’t be able to or LCT has different programming set for the spring.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:02pm

joevitus said: "Is Ragtime one of those shows, like Follies, thatis loved and revived but simply doesn't turn a profitdue to expense?"

I definitely think that is a big part of the equation, especially in the original productions..  I also suspect that it is just too 'intelligent', as was Follies (and a lot more of Sondheim) to attract huge audiences for extended periods of time, which is probably the only way for a full-scale Follies to break even.

 

[binau]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:15pm

I still feel awkward and scarred that the last revival, which was all the rave on this forum at the time trust me, was a massive, massive immediate and unrecoverable disaster in 2010. It will certainly be interesting to see if this means nothing anymore. Feels like LCT is the right place to try again. 
 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:21pm

I have loved all three of these productions and loved them all.

 

To see it at the VB?   Stunning.   Cannot wait to catch it again.   My guess is the only way Levy doesn't stay with it is if N2N comes over.  

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:21pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Busy late summer for Shaina Taub, who’ll be doing this as SUFFS prepares to launch its tour and DEVIL WEARS PRADA more than likely gears up for Broadway."

lol

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:22pm

Levy is doing both this and LOST BOYS. NEXT TO NORMAL isn't coming over, their plan B was the PBS proshot.

 

Updated On: 4/7/25 at 12:22 PM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:22pm

The benefit of reviving this at LCT is that it doesn’t rely as much on commercial viability. If it is somehow a financial smash, they can always extend and milk some additional money out of it. But it can also close at a loss - as most subscription house productions do - and it doesn’t have to be viewed as a failure in the same way the 2009 revival was.

[inception]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:28pm

From the article:

"Previews are scheduled to begin September 25 ahead of an Oct. 16 opening, people familiar with the production said."

Never seen or listened to this show?  What's the best recording?

[binau]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:30pm

The OBC. Wow you’re in for a treat Audra, Marin and Brian have recorded some iconic sounds. It’s a treasure of gold. You could listen to ‘back to before’ first immediately. 

[inception]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:33pm

When tickets go on sale, would you do this as part of a 2 show day?  Or would you give it its own day? 

Looking at a Saturday matinee at the Met, and thinking maybe convenient to stay around Lincoln Center?

Updated On: 4/7/25 at 12:33 PM

[stoptheworld38]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:36pm

ITS ABOUT TIME

 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:45pm

inception said: "When tickets go on sale, would you do this as part of a 2 show day? Or would you give it its own day?

Looking at a Saturday matinee at the Met, and thinking maybeconvenient to stay aroundLincoln Center?"

I’d personally be completely exhausted (in a bad way, not an artistically fulfilling way) by an opera followed by a 3+ hour musical about racism and antisemitism at the turn of the century, regardless of how close the buildings are to each other. I would need a heavy nap in between.

[ELP]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 12:47pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "The benefit of reviving this at LCT is that it doesn’t rely as much on commercial viability. If it is somehow a financial smash, they can always extend and milk some additional money out of it. But it can also close at a loss - as most subscription house productions do - and it doesn’t have to be viewed as a failure in the same way the 2009 revival was."

^This!^