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Nichelle Lewis on Her Road to Ragtime and What Helps Her Tell Sarah's Story

by Rebecca Salzhauer

Nichelle Lewis heard her grandmother's voice on opening night. Standing onstage at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, playing Sarah in Ragtime, looking out at the audience during the opening number, she couldn't shake the feeling that her grandmother was there. "I allowed it to happen because, as an actor, you have to be vulnerable and open to those things," she said. "I just remember really allowing that." Earlier that n…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 2:36pm on November 10, 2025