Anna Grace Barlow Sets Final Swing in Broadway's Ragtime

The multi-extended revival of the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty-Terrence McNally musical continues at Lincoln Center Theater.

March 24, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block

Anna Grace Barlow in *Ragtime* (Matthew Murphy)

Anna Grace Barlow has set a final bow in the current Broadway revival of Ragtime, continuing a multi-extended run via Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Barlow will give her final performance as Evelyn Nesbit June 14. Replacement casting has not yet been announced. Barlow confirmed the news via an Instagram Story.

The revival opened October 16, 2025, and is currently set to perform through August 2. See what critics had to say about the Broadway bow here.

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Based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime blends fact and fiction telling the story of New York City at the dawn of the 20th century, with a book by Terrence McNally, music by Flaherty, and lyrics by Ahrens. The story focuses on Coalhouse Walker, Jr., a Black man who buys a Model T Ford and sets off a chain of events that encompass all levels of New York City society, along with magician Harry Houdini, industrialist Henry Ford, celebrity party girl Evelyn Nesbit, civil rights leader Booker T. Washington, architect Stanford White, anarchist Emma Goldman, a Jewish Latvian immigrant who becomes a movie director, and an upper class white family living in suburban New Rochelle.

Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz lead the cast as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Mother, and Tateh, respectively, with Colin Donnell (Anything Goes) as Father, Nichelle Lewis (The Wiz) as Sarah, Ben Levi Ross (Dear Evan Hansen) as Mother's Younger Brother, Julie Benko as Emma Goldman, John Clay III (New York, New York) as Booker T. Washington, and Rodd Cyrus (The Light in the Piazza) as Harry Houdini.

All but Benko are reprising their performances from the New York City Center run. Shaina Taub, who originated the role of Emma Goldman in this revival, will return to the production March 31.

The Broadway cast also features Barlow as Evelyn Nesbit, Nick Barrington as The Little Boy, and Ellie May Sennett as The Little Girl. They are currently joined by Nicholas Barrón, Lauren Blackman, Allison Blackwell, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Jordan Chin, Eean Sherrod Cochran, Billy Cohen, Kerry Conte, Rheaume Crenshaw, Ellie Fishman, Jason Forbach, Nick Gaswirth, Ta’Nika Gibson, Jackson Parker Gill, David Jennings, Marina Kondo, Morgan Marcell, Kane Emmanuel Miller, Jenny Mollet, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, Kayla Pecchioni, Jake Pedersen, John Rapson, Matthew Scott, Deandre Sevon, Keenan D. Washington, Jacob Keith Watson, Alan Wiggins, and Keenan Williams. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns.

The production also features choreography by Ellenore Scott, set design by David Korins, costume design by Linda Cho, lighting design by Adam Honoré and Donald Holder, sound design by Kai Harada, projection design by 59 Studio, and hair and wig design by Tom Watson. Music director James Moore is conducting a 28-piece orchestra playing the original orchestrations by William David Brohn, and vocal arrangements by Flaherty. Ann James is sensitivity specialist, and Tim Semon serves as production stage manager.

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The musical premiered on Broadway in 1998 following a pre-Broadway bow in Toronto, with an original cast that boasted Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, and Marin Mazzie. McDonald won the second of her six career Tony Awards for her featured performance as Sarah. Even in a year otherwise dominated by juggernaut The Lion King, Ragtime managed to also win Tonys for McNally's book and Flaherty and Ahrens' score, along with Brohn's orchestrations.

The LCT staging is produced in association with Tom Kirdahy, Kevin Ryan, Robert Greenblatt, and Lamar Richardson.