Casting Announced for ‘Ragtime’ Revival

Joan Marcus Cast members of “Ragtime” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

You can’t tell the story of intertwining American families without an enormous cast: the Broadway revival of “Ragtime” announced its ensemble on Thursday, consisting of some 40 performers who will be sharing stairwells and dressing rooms at the Neil Simon Theater come this fall. The cast features Quentin Earl Darrington as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. and Stephanie Umoh as Sarah, both making their Broadway debuts, as well as Ron Bohmer (“Phantom of the Opera”) as Father, Christiane Noll (“Urinetown”) as Mother and Robert Petkoff (“Spamalot”) as Tateh. Playing some of the musical’s historical figures are Jonathan Hammond (as Harry Houdini), Donna Migliaccio (Emma Goldman), Eric Jordan Young (Booker T. Washington) and, late of “Rock of Ages,” Savannah Wise (Evelyn Nesbit). The musical, which ran at the Kennedy Center in Washington in the spring, is directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, and is adapted from the E. L. Doctorow novel with a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. It is to begin previews on Oct. 23 and open on Nov. 15.