A forgotten America explodes in song—race, ambition, and ragtime piano collide in one night.
A new production of EL Doctorow's historical novel, recorded at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre. Broadcast as part of BBC4's America Night.
Acting
Lawrence Hamilton's Coalhouse—righteous fury, heartbreaking precision.
Score
Stephen Flaherty's score: syncopated rage meets weeping strings.
Production
Cardiff Festival staging—intimate yet somehow epic.
Director
Stafford Arima
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