Ragtime: The Musical

This July, the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, N.Y., continues its 2024 Mainstage season with Ragtime: The Musical — a timeless masterpiece that Time magazine has hailed as “a triumph for the stage.” Through its exploration of the lives of an enterprising Jewish immigrant, a courageous Harlem pianist, and a conflicted upper-class wife, "Ragtime" celebrates the soaring sounds and can-do spirit of America at the dawn of the last century. Based on E. L. Doctorow’s sweeping novel, Ragtime features music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. Ragtime is presented by the Hangar Theatre in association with FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, whose Producing Artistic Director, Michael Lluberes, also serves as director for the Hangar production.