Ragtime

Sketch Club Players
434 Glover Street Woodbury

Harry Houdini, Booker T. Washington and Emma Goldman are just a few historical figures who make cameo appearances in this soul-stirring musical set in turn-of-the-20th-century New York. And talk about timely -- this acclaimed show paints a powerful portrait of the American melting pot through three ethnically diverse characters -- a white upper-class mother, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring African-American musician -- whose fates become unexpectedly intertwined. Based on E.L. Doctorow's acclaimed novel, Ragtime's dynamic jazz and gospel-influenced score comes from the Tony Award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Seussical, Rocky the Musical), and now comes to the stage of Sketch Club Players in Philadelphia.