Ragtime Costume Rentals
An historical book musical set in 1902 in New York and other places
Terrence McNally, book - Lynn Ahrens, lyrics - Stephen Flaherty, music
1998
E.L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime
Plot Synopsis
A musical portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America, tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in New Rochelle, NY; and Tateh, a Latvian Jewish immigrant. Historical figures such as Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman also appear. The music includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime.(Wiki)