"A documentary exploring the creation of the new musical Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow."
Whoopi Goldberg
as Host
E. L. Doctorow
as Self
Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
Graciela Daniele
Garth H. Drabinsky
Frank Galati
Quincy Jones
Terrence McNally
Peter Friedman
as Tateh
Mark Jacoby
as Father
Marin Mazzie
as Mother
Alex Strange
as Edgar
Audra McDonald
as Sarah
Brian Stokes Mitchell
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Jim Corti
as Harry Houdini
Tommy Hollis
as Booker T. Washington
Judy Kaye
as Emma Goldman
Lea Michele
as The Little Girl
Lynnette Perry
as Evelyn Nesbit
Steven Sutcliffe
as Mother's Younger Brother
Kevin Bogue
as Stanford White
Rod Campbell
as Admiral Peary
Larry Daggett
as Henry Ford
Duane Martin Foster
as Matthew Henson
Colton Green
as Harry K. Thaw
Anne Kanengeiser
as Kathleen
Conrad McLaren
as Grandfather
David Mucci
as Willie Conklin
Mike O'Carroll
as J. P. Morgan
Vanessa Townsell-Crisp
as Sarah's Friend
Heather Headley
as Ensemble
Ethel Merman
as Self (archival footage)
Colin Smith
Director
