![]() We have talked about history a lot because some of these people were real, the situations were real.” ![]() “The cast has really come together to make this happen. “I have always loved this show,” Hight said, adding that many CSM alumni have come back to work on this production. Coalhouse Walker, performed by Sean Scriber of Hollywood, woos Sarah, performed by Shemika Berry of Waldorf, in CSM’s Main Stage Theatre production of the musical “Ragtime.” The musical shows how each of these characters choose to confront the contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair … and what it means to live in America. The musical interweaves three storylines set in the early 1900s in the “melting pot” of New York City - the stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician. ![]() Doctorow, with music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Hight is the director of the upcoming CSM Main Stage production of “Ragtime,” which is based on the novel by E.L. “Ragtime” is a musical that tells a particularly American story - a story that should resonate with a contemporary audience, says College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Associate Professor Keith Hight of King George, Virginia. ![]()
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