RAGTIME VERSION 2 at CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE

This version of RAGTIME, first presented on London's West End,features a smaller orchestration and a revised text/score, so the show can bedone with minimal visuals and scenic effects. (The full, Broadway-sized orchestration isalso available for concert presentations.)

Called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and bythe International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimedmusical won 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and wonboth the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and BestScore.

RAGTIME is not only a powerful portrait of life inturn-of-the-century America,but a relevant tale for today. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricistteam of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, SEUSSICAL and LUCKY STIFF), noted playwright Terrence McNally, (K