Professional concert presentations of the
world’s most beloved theatre musicals staged by and
starring some of New York City’s finest talent. A
series of sophisticated evenings and magical nights that
celebrate the great musical theatre composers and lyricists,
including George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerry
Herman, Stephen Sondheim, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Kander
& Ebb, Rodgers & Hart, Bock & Harnick, Jerome
Kern, Harold Arlen, Stephen Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Lerner
& Loewe and so many more. In the long-standing tradition
of NYC’s Encores! and London’s Lost
Musicals, Westchester at last has its own spark of
divine fire: BROADWAY IN CONCERT.
We are proud to present our inaugural production:
RAGTIME
Book by Terrence McNally
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Based on the novel, Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
Directed by Sidney J. Burgoyne
This epic new musical paints a nostalgic and
powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century
America. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished
novel, RAGTIME interweaves three distinct stories
that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless
contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom
and prejudice, hope and despair,
and love and hate.
The Tony-winning score is just as diverse as
the Melting Pot of America that it seeks to
recreate. It draws upon traditional Jewish folk
sounds to color the haunting music and
yearning lyrics of the immigrants, Vaudeville’s
outrageous style to capture the spectacle
of Evelyn Nesbit, and Joplin and Jazz to
invoke the enlivened spirit of Harlem.
This astounding musical is the perfect beginning for our
Broadway in Concert series and is sure to delight and inspire
our audiences.
RAGTIME originally played 834 performances and received
four 1998 Tony Awards and five 1998 Drama Desk Awards, including
Outstanding New Musical.
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White Plains Performing Arts Center ·
11 City Place, White Plains, NY 10601 ·
914.328.1600
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