Creating Ragtime
54m

A documentary exploring the creation of the new musical Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.
Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Host
E. L. Doctorow
Self

Lynn Ahrens
Self

Stephen Flaherty
Self
Graciela Daniele
Self
Garth Drabinsky
Self

Frank Galati
Self

Quincy Jones
Self

Terrence McNally
Self

Peter Friedman
Tateh
Mark Jacoby
Father

Marin Mazzie
Mother
Alex Strange
Edgar

Audra McDonald
Sarah

Brian Stokes Mitchell
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Jim Corti
Harry Houdini

Tommy Hollis
Booker T. Washington

Judy Kaye
Emma Goldman

Lea Michele
The Little Girl
Lynnette Perry
Evelyn Nesbit
Steven Sutcliffe
Mother's Younger Brother
Kevin Bogue
Stanford White
Rod Campbell
Admiral Peary
Larry Daggett
Henry Ford
Duane Martin Foster
Matthew Henson
Colton Green
Harry K. Thaw

Anne Kanengeiser
Kathleen
Conrad McLaren
Grandfather
David Mucci
Willie Conklin
Mike O'Carroll
J. P. Morgan
Vanessa Townsell-Crisp
Sarah's Friend

Heather Headley
Ensemble

Ethel Merman
Self (archival footage)
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