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The orchestra worked to avoid the spotlight on its own stage. That put the focus squarely on the Tony-winning musical about the sociocultural upheaval from the collision between white, Black, and immigrant groups in the early 20th century.
Popular Broadway performer Jason Danieley will stage 'Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert with the Boston Pops May 12-13 at Boston's Symphony Hall, and July 8 at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA.