Ragtime is back on Broadway in a new revival at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis, two of the show’s stars, stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform one of the musical’s most beloved tunes, “Wheels of a Dream.”
Now in preview performances, Ragtime will officially open on Thursday, October 16 is playing a limited engagement of 14 weeks only through Sunday, January 4, 2026. Tickets are on sale now.
Ragtime is a sweeping musical adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Joshua Henry) and his beloved Sarah (Nichelle Lewis), Jewish immigrant Tateh (Brandon Uranowitz) and his little girl, and a wealthy white family led by matriarch Mother (Caissie Levy). All grasping for the same dream, if only they can hold onto it.
Photo by Scott Kowalchyk.
