'Ragtime' Opens At Bay Street Theater

This week, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor opens “Ragtime,” the Tony Award-winning grand finale of the 2022 mainstage season and the musical event of the summer. The sweeping and powerful musical based on the book of the same name by E.L. Doctorow is directed by Bay Street associate artistic director Will Pomerantz, who brings with him much of the creative team that delivered the 2019 Bay Street hit “Evita.”

Previews of “Ragtime” began Tuesday, August 2, and opening night is Saturday, August 6, at 8 p.m. The show runs through August 28.

With music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Terrence McNally, “Ragtime” is the epic musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s classic novel that captures the American experience at the turn of the 20th century. The worlds of a wealthy white couple, a Jewish immigrant father and his daughter, and an African American ragtime musician intertwine in this sweeping musical about America’s Gilded Age when our nation was mixing, boiling, and changing.

The cast includes Kyrie Courter (Sarah); Derrick Davis (Coalhouse); Lora Lee Gayer (Mother); Zachary Prince (Tateh); Daniel Jenkins (Father); Harrison Bryan (Younger Brother); Davon Williams (Booker T. Washington); Clyde Voce (Matthew Henson); Rachel Parker (Sarah’s Friend); Taylor Jackson (Harlem Woman); Cathryn Wake (Evelyn Nesbit); Victoria Huston-Elem (Emma Goldman); Ryan M. Hunt (Willie Conklin); Cecelia Ticktin (Kathleen), Will Hantz (The Boy); Sonnie Betts (The Girl); and Ian Lowe and Brianna Kaleen as Swings.

Single seat tickets for “Ragtime” are currently available starting at $79.99. To purchase tickets, call 631-725-9500 or visit baystreet.org.