Unfortunately, Martinez did not return for the second act 'due to a health concern,' denying the opening-night audience her performance of Mother's 11 o'clock number 'Back to Before.' In her place, skillful understudy Paschetto delivered a full-throated version of the emancipatory ballad. But it was Martinez's exquisite vocals and nuanced acting that made the biggest impression.

The quietly commanding White possesses a rich baritone that resonates sweetly in his lovely 'Sarah Brown Eyes' duet with the winsome Johnson and later rattles the rafters in the anthemic 'Make Them Hear You.' Recent graduate Mikkelsen is spot-on as a budding idealist who finds direction when he joins African Americans and Jewish immigrants in their struggle for civil rights. Washington (Aaron Reese Boseman) and scandal-ridden vaudeville star Evelyn Nesbit, played with a sly self-awareness by Kaity Paschetto (more about her later).Īt the dawn of the 20th century, European immigrants including activist Emma Goldman (Sarah Sapperstein), front left, artist Tateh (Joshua Frink) and his daughter (Rhea Greer) dream of a better life in 'Ragtime,' running through June 4 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. Orbiting around them are historical figures: political activist Emma Goldman (Sarah Sapperstein in an urgent, heartfelt performance) Harry Houdini (Zachary Linnert) Booker T. Mother (Brennan Martinez, a classically trained Chicago newcomer) is an upper middle-class woman and budding feminist living in New Rochelle with her husband (played with restless naiveté by Connor Murray), a man comfortable in his privilege, their straight-talking son Edgar (Arche Geye), Grandfather (Mark Anderson) and Mother's Younger Brother (Jackson Mikkelsen). (elegantly played by Korey White) is a successful ragtime musician in love with Sarah (the winsome Chloe Khaleeah Keira Johnson). Doctorow's novel and directed by Jerrell L. in Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's revival of the musical 'Ragtime,' adapted from E.L. Korey White plays ragtime musician Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Ragtime musical cast