Creating Ragtime

Whoopi Goldberg

Host

E. L. Doctorow

Self

Lynn Ahrens

Self

Stephen Flaherty

Self

Graciela Daniele

Self

Garth H. Drabinsky

Self

Frank Galati

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Terrence McNally

Self

Peter Friedman

Tateh

Mark Jacoby

Father

Marin Mazzie

Mother

Alex Strange

Edgar

Audra McDonald

Sarah

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Jim Corti

Harry Houdini

Tommy Hollis

Booker T. Washington

Judy Kaye

Emma Goldman

Lea Michele

The Little Girl

Lynnette Perry

Evelyn Nesbit

Steven Sutcliffe

Mother's Younger Brother

Kevin Bogue

Stanford White

Rod Campbell

Admiral Peary

Larry Daggett

Henry Ford

Duane Martin Foster

Matthew Henson

Colton Green

Harry K. Thaw

Anne Kanengeiser

Kathleen

Conrad McLaren

Grandfather

David Mucci

Willie Conklin

Mike O'Carroll

J. P. Morgan

Vanessa Townsell-Crisp

Sarah's Friend

Heather Headley

Ensemble

Ethel Merman

Self (archival footage)