Ragtime Revival Extends to June 2026

Looks like the new music is here to stay a little longer! Broadway's current revival of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally's Ragtime at Lincoln Center Theater has extended its run. The revival was set to take its final bow January 4, 2026, but will now continue through June 14 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The extension will ensure that the production is still around for the height of 2026 Tony Awards season.

But it has also resulted in some disappointing news for vampire fans. Caissie Levy, starring in Ragtime as Mother, will remain with the show for the extension, which means she's dropping out of Broadway's The Lost Boys. Levy had been announced to star as Lucy Emerson in the musical version of the 1987 film, which is scheduled to begin previews at the Palace Theatre March 27, 2026. Levy announced November 6 on Instagram that she was departing the production for family reasons.

Levy is one of several principal cast members confirmed to be staying with the production through June 14. The other cast members are Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Brandon Uranowitz as Tateh, Colin Donnell as Father, Nichelle Lewis as Sarah, Ben Levi Ross as Mother's Younger Brother, Shaina Taub as Emma Goldman, Anna Grace Barlow as Evelyn Nesbit, John Clay III as Booker T. Washington, Rodd Cyrus as Harry Houdini, and Nick Barrington as The Little Boy, along with Ellie May Sennett. Additional casting for the new performances is to be announced.

Tickets for the newly added performances go on sale November 6 at 10 AM ET. Click here to purchase tickets.

Ragtime opened October 16 after beginning previews September 26—read what critics had to say here. Newly appointed LCT Artistic Director Lear deBessonet is at the helm after creating the production last year for a short gala run at New York City Center. A cast album will also be released, though a date has not been announced.

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The current cast also features Tabitha Lawing as The Little Girl, along with Nicholas Barrón, Lauren Blackman, Allison Blackwell, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Jordan Chin, Billy Cohen, Rheaume Crenshaw, Charity Angél Dawson, Ellie Fishman, Jason Forbach, Ta'Nika Gibson, David Jennings, Kaleb Johnson, Marina Kondo, Morgan Marcell, Kane Emmanuel Miller, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, Kayla Pecchioni, John Rapson, Deandre Sevon, Jacob Keith Watson, and Alan Wiggins. Swings and understudies Eean Sherrod Cochran, Kerry Conte, Nick Gaswirth, Jackson Parker Gill, Jenny Mollet, Matthew Scott, and Ellie May Sennett round out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns.

The production features choreography by Ellenore Scott, set design by David Korins, costume design by Linda Cho, lighting design by Adam Honoré, 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 Cody Renard Richard serves as production stage manager.

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.

READ: The Making of Broadway’s Ragtime, an Oral History

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

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