Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally's musical masterpiece Ragtime opened 20 years ago today on January 18, 1998 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, and Broadway fans have worshipped that Tony-winning score performed by the OBC ever since. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, BroadwayBox assembled clips of the original Broadway cast performing from the show during that initial run.

“The Prologue: Ragtime” (Company)

“Gettin' Ready Rag” (Brian Stokes Mitchell & Company)

“Wheels of a Dream” (Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald)

“Atlantic City” (Lynnette Perry, Jim Corti, & Company)

“Our Children” (Marin Mazzie & Peter Friedman)

“Back to Before” (Marin Mazzie)

“Make Them Hear You” (Brian Stokes Mitchell)

Creating Broadway’s Ragtime on PBS

For more Ragtime that's not OBC, check out Aisha Jackson singing "Your Daddy's Son" at the Ragtime on Ellis concert and Matthew Curiano & Joseph Callahan incredible, creative Ragtime Reinvented Series on YouTube.