Ep. 8: Listen to that "Ragtime," 1998

Holy production budget, Batman! Get ready to hear that new music as Alex and Daisha chat about the original Broadway production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s musical "Ragtime," starring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman, and Audra McDonald! Join us as we discuss life at the turn of the 20th century, the thematic representations presented by each of the characters, and how the music and over-the-top staging helped highlight the social and cultural divide of Americans, but also the internal pulse that unites us.

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• "Prologue" (performed by Ragtime company)
• "New Music" (by Mark Jacobi, Marin Mazzie, Steven Sutcliffe, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and company)
• "Your Daddy's Son" (by Audra McDonald)
• "He Wanted to Say" (by Steven Sutcliffe and company)
• "Goodbye, My Love" and "Back to Before" (by Marin Mazzie)
• "Wheels of a Dream (reprise)" (by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and company)

Music composed by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

• A video of what is assumed to be the real Evelyn Nesbitt singing in the 1930s
• An edited documentary about the revival and the history of the musical
• Another video from the American Theatre Wing of a panel with the creative team, including troubled producer Garth Strabinsky — all white people — discussing the history of the production.
• Here’s a brief video history of ragtime, the musical genre itself.
• Police Violence Report’s 2017 report, with the findings summarized into graphics.
• Basically the CliffNotes of the "Ragtime" novel explaining most of the name characters.