About the Album: The most compelling American musical-theater song-writing team ... composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens often attain epic grandeur by using foreshadowing and ...

When the musical “Ragtime” first debuted on Broadway in 1998, it was a lavishly designed, stunningly crafted flop. The musical, based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, explores ...