The Terrence McNally/Stephen Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens musical Ragtime is not the subtlest theater contraption. Premiered on Broadway in 1998, it's a big, galumphing machine with very big things to say about America; multiple, interwoven storylines; whimsical interactions of fictional and historical characters; and a 30+ member ensemble. I remember thinking back in 1998 that it was […] The full version of the article Ba…
