Ragtime
“The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.”
DramaHistory
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
VIBE
A richly textured period piece, it immerses you in the turn-of-the-century New York melting pot. Expect a slow build of intertwined lives, simmering social tensions, and the poignant beauty of ragtime music against a backdrop of profound injustice.
nostalgicmelancholictensesweepingsteadyperiod dramasweeping epiccharacter-drivenclass differencesracial injusticeidentityrevenge
new york citybased on novel or bookjazz singer or musicianpublic murderracismclass differencespianistragtimerevenge killingradical politicspianopolitical scandalracial injustice1900ssocial scandal
