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  • They shouted the house down whenever there was a big number, and Ragtime is notable for the frequency of its big numbers.

    Ragtime deliasherman 2010

  • Just one example: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime is not airtight in its historical details, but Doctorow wasn't trying to be airtight.

    An interview with Jed Rubenfeld, author of The Interpretation of Murder 2010

  • Beverly Hills High will be putting on their version of "Ragtime" -- the musical based on the E.L. Doctorow novel of the same name -- on March 25 through 28.

    Franklin Avenue 2009

  • Last year the company spent $60 million on development, mostly for road productions of "Ragtime" -- and posted losses of more than $30 million.

    Fiasco On 42D Street 2008

  • Steggert -- who gave an intense turn as the explosive Younger Brother in the recently shuttered "Ragtime" -- carries the show, his singing and dramatic talents heightened by an almost crushing vulnerability.

    Variety.com 2010

  • Jay says the "ultimate high school musical" -- the show put on by Beverly Hills High School -- takes place this weekend. their version of "Ragtime" -- the musical based on the E.L. Doctorow novel of the same name -- on March 25 through 28.

    Franklin Avenue 2009

  • Talking about getting into movies - which began in earnest with the score and a song from 1982's "Ragtime" - it sounds as if he reluctantly went into the family business.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • What Jazz wants are romps and fun, and to make fun; that is why, as I have said, its original name Ragtime was the better.

    Since Cézanne Clive Bell 1922

  • "'Ragtime'," promptly returned the novelist, with a grin.

    The Eyes of the World Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • Heights came to view, the portrait Or, -- as Conrad Lagrange said, while the automobile was approaching the house, "Well, here they come -- 'The Age', accompanied by 'Materialism', 'Sensual', and 'Ragtime' -- to look upon the prostitution of Art, and call it good."

    The Eyes of the World Harold Bell Wright 1908

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