The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty especially for the Pops. Based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the stories of three intersecting groups in the U.S. in the early 20th century: Eastern European immigrants, the African American community in Harlem, and an upper-class white family. Together, they confront history's timeless tensions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair.
Alton Fitzgerald White
as Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
Elizabeth Stanley
as Mother
John Cariani
as Tateh
Nikki Renée Daniels
as Sarah
David Harris
as Father
A.J. Shively
as Mother's Younger Brother
Klea Blackhurst
as Emma Goldman