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The musical is based on the award-winning novel, later made into a film nominated for 8 Academy awards. In 1998, the Broadway production was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and captured 4.
A panoramic view of the country’s social upheaval in the first decades of the new century, RAGTIME focuses on themes of discrimination, bigotry, injustice and the pursuit of the elusive American dream through the intersecting lives of three families: one white and affluent from New Rochelle, one black and working class from Harlem and one Jewish immigrant lately arrived from eastern Europe.
The musical is based on the award-winning novel, later made into a film nominated for 8 Academy awards. In 1998, the Broadway production was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and captured 4.
A panoramic view of the country’s social upheaval in the first decades of the new century, RAGTIME focuses on themes of discrimination, bigotry, injustice and the pursuit of the elusive American dream through the intersecting lives of three families: one white and affluent from New Rochelle, one black and working class from Harlem and one Jewish immigrant lately arrived from eastern Europe.
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