Creating Ragtime
21/01/1998
1h



A documentary exploring the creation of the new musical Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.
Cast


Whoopi Goldberg
Host
E. L. Doctorow
Self


Lynn Ahrens
Self


Stephen Flaherty
Self
Graciela Daniele
Self
Garth Drabinsky
Self


Frank Galati
Self


Quincy Jones
Self


Terrence McNally
Self


Peter Friedman
Tateh
Mark Jacoby
Father


Marin Mazzie
Mother
Alex Strange
Edgar


Audra McDonald
Sarah


Brian Stokes Mitchell
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Jim Corti
Harry Houdini


Tommy Hollis
Booker T. Washington


Judy Kaye
Emma Goldman


Lea Michele
The Little Girl
Lynnette Perry
Evelyn Nesbit
Steven Sutcliffe
Mother's Younger Brother
Kevin Bogue
Stanford White
Rod Campbell
Admiral Peary
Larry Daggett
Henry Ford
Duane Martin Foster
Matthew Henson
Colton Green
Harry K. Thaw


Anne Kanengeiser
Kathleen
Conrad McLaren
Grandfather
David Mucci
Willie Conklin
Mike O'Carroll
J. P. Morgan
Vanessa Townsell-Crisp
Sarah's Friend


Heather Headley
Ensemble


Ethel Merman
Self (archival footage)
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