RAGTIME 2025 New Broadway Cast Recording Thread

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 11/21/25 at 11:13am

The 2025 Broadway cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Lear deBessonet, will be released digitally on January 9, 2026, with CD and vinyl releases to follow on February 6 and April 3, respectively.

The 2-LP vinyl will be released in three color variants: “Lady Liberty Green” for wide release; “America,” available exclusively at Barnes & Noble; and “Ragtime Red,” available exclusively at Lincoln Center Theater and Creative Goods.

The 2-disc CD and 2-LP vinyl variants are now available for preorder HERE. 

Disc 1
1.    Prologue: Ragtime
2.    Goodbye, My Love
3.    Journey On
4.    The Crime of the Century
5.    What Kind of Woman
6.    A Shtetl Iz Amereke
7.    Success
8.    His Name Was Coalhouse Walker
9.    The Gettin' Ready Rag
10.    Henry Ford
11.    Nothing Like The City
12.    Your Daddy's Son
13.    New Music
14.    The Wheels of a Dream
15.    The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square
16.    Gliding
17.    Justice
18.    President
19.    Till We Reach That Day
Disc 2
1.    Coalhouse's Soliloquy
2.    Coalhouse Demands
3.    What a Game
4.    Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.
5.    Our Children
6.    Sarah Brown Eyes
7.    He Wanted to Say
8.    Back to Before
9.    Look What You've Done
10.    Make Them Hear You
11.    Epilogue: Ragtime (Reprise) / Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)

 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/21/25 at 11:48am

Interestingly enough, no 'Atlantic City.'

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 11/21/25 at 4:09pm

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Interestingly enough, no 'Atlantic City.'"

That has to be a mistake....right?

[TBone]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 8:39am

“The Courtship” and the Entr’Acte are also missing from the track list.  

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 8:43am

TBone said: "“The Courtship” and the Entr’Acte are also missing from the track list."

Those, I do find to be a little more understandable. Not the case with 'Atlantic City.'

Updated On: 11/22/25 at 08:43 AM

[TBone]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 2:04pm

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "TBone said: "“The Courtship” and the Entr’Acte are also missing from the track list."

Those, I do find to be a little more understandable. Not the case with 'Atlantic City.'"

I do agree; I’m just being greedy and want every note of this show recorded. 

[okfromthetop]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 2:25pm

TBone said: "“The Courtship” and the Entr’Acte are also missing from the track list."

slightly disappointed if this means we're missing Joshua Henry's cooing to Coalhouse Jr! It was one of my favorite moments of this revival — watching him cross to the crib and pack a full arc of discovering, hesitating, and accepting fatherhood in just a few lines of music.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 8:11pm

Two discs and still not enough room for "Atlantic City?" That's unforgivable. Honestly just a single disc with the main songs would have been fine with me since the OBC is so definitive but "Atlantic City" would be a main song to me.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 9:09pm

I know "The Courtship" isn't a traditional song per se but it's one of my favorite moments of the show so I'll miss that most. Odd but we always will have an unusually complete original recording. 

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 11/22/25 at 10:32pm

okfromthetop said: "slightly disappointed if this means we're missing Joshua Henry's cooing to Coalhouse Jr! It was one of my favorite moments of this revival — watchinghim cross to the crib and pack a full arc of discovering, hesitating, and acceptingfatherhood in just a few lines of music."

Seconded!! My favorite moment in the show by far!

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 1/5/26 at 4:05pm

Why is everyone suddenly going to bat for Atlantic City? Yall know the song gets interrupted in the show, right?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 12:37pm

Available for streaming tomorrow!

First listen of Joshua Henry (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) and Nichelle Lewis (Sarah) performing "Wheels of a Dream":

 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 1:01pm

It's nice to hear it with a little bit more balance between the performers. 

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 1:38pm

One of these days, his head is just gonna pop right off.  What a powerful instrument.  

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 1:56pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Available for streaming tomorrow!

First listen of Joshua Henry (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) and Nichelle Lewis (Sarah) performing "Wheels of a Dream":

Henry deserves the Tony just for that!!

"

 

[getatme]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 2:50pm

He sounds great. I think she sounds just above passable.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 3:07pm

ACL2006 said: Henry deserves the Tony just for that!!

It's his. They sound incredible.

 

Updated On: 1/8/26 at 03:07 PM

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 4:36pm

Scarywarhol said: "It's nice to hear it with a little bit more balance between the performers."

I saw the show twice at Lincoln Center - once right after opening and then again a month later. The second time I felt the sound had finally gotten the balance right and it sounded as good if not better than the recording video. I guess I'm in the minority but I really love Nichelle's performance. I think her lighter more modern sound is so interesting to hear with Joshua Henry's operatic voice. It's unexpected but I think they sound beautiful together. It couldn't be more different than Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra's version but it still works for me.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 12:00am

It's finally ours to stream!

Fire away, everyone.

[malcs98]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 12:34am

Before I give my thoughts on this I thought I should share a little story. Growing up in Bermuda, I didn’t really have that much exposure to musical theatre, so the only exposure I really got was from the cd cast recordings that my parents had kept for many years. There were two I remember listening to constantly one of them was Wicked and the other was Ragtime. 
 

I know everyone’s very familiar with the original Broadway cast recording but I must admit (and this might be a hot take for a lot of people) this is actually better than the original. Everyone is singing their faces off, especially Joshua Henry (are we really that surprised though because he’s imo one of the best musical theatre voices of the past 50 years). I also think the orchestrations sound much more clearer than ever in ways I don’t think most people could hear on the OBCR. 
 

My parents introduced me to musical theatre through the original Ragtime cast recording, and maybe if I ever have my own kid I’ll play this new Broadway cast recording. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 12:44am

malcs98 said: "I know everyone’s very familiar with the original Broadway cast recording but I must admit (and this might be a hot take for a lot of people) this is actually better than the original."

I have to disagree with this sentiment. The original Broadway cast recording of Ragtime is one of the best cast albums of all time. It’s one of the best representations of the cast album genre of music. This new recording is a glorified highlights album with a mixed bag cast.

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 12:53am

CATSNYrevival said: "malcs98 said: "I know everyone’s very familiar with the original Broadway cast recording but I must admit (and this might be a hot take for a lot of people) this is actually better than the original."

I have to disagree with this sentiment. The original Broadwaycast recording of Ragtime is one of thebest cast albums of all time. It’s one of the best representations of the cast album genre of music. This new recording is a glorified highlights album with a mixed bag cast."

Agreed. The 2025 cast recording is abs subpar compared to OBC recording 

[malcs98]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 1:03am

CATSNYrevival said: "malcs98 said: "I know everyone’s very familiar with the original Broadway cast recording but I must admit (and this might be a hot take for a lot of people) this is actually better than the original."

I have to disagree with this sentiment. The original Broadwaycast recording of Ragtime is one of thebest cast albums of all time. It’s one of the best representations of the cast album genre of music. This new recording is a glorified highlights album with a mixed bag cast."

Like I said this will be a hot take for a lot of people. 

[jpbran]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 1:04am

Not finding it on Apple Music yet. Tap tap tap.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/9/26 at 1:12am

It's fantastic. Of course the original recording will never be topped but this is a damn good recording of a damn good score. I will be having this version of Till We Reach That Day on constant repeat.

I'm so thrilled the production is seeing such success and I hope it continues through 2026 -- we really need this show in this anniversary year.  This truly is the rare kind of score that will be listened to and revered many long decades from now.

Updated On: 1/9/26 at 01:12 AM