After Ragtime, she won three more for A Raisin in the Sun, Porgy and Bess, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. In 2017, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and just this year she starred in Classic Stage Company’s production of Fire and Air.Īudra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Ragtime Catherine AshmoreĪudra McDonald won her third Tony Award for her performance in Ragtime, having won already for Carousel and Master Class. She starred in 2010's ENRON on Broadway, earned a Drama Desk for Carrie Off-Broadway, and returned to the Main Stem for Bullets Over Broadway in 2014 and The King and I in 2015. She performed in the Encores! production of Kismet in 2006, the New York Philharmonic staged concert of Camelot she replaced as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot on Broadway and as Diana in Next to Normal opposite her husband, actor Jason Danieley. In 2003, she replaced as Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, again joining Mitchell. She took that role to the West End in 2001.

After Ragtime she moved on to Kiss Me, Kate as Lilly/Katharine, for which she earned a Tony nomination. Mazzie was another actor whose talent had been established on Broadway (thanks to replacement roles in Into the Woods and her turn in Passion), but Ragtime set her apart. Marin Mazzie was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Mother in Ragtime, her second nomination after Passion. Peter Friedman and Marin Mazzie in Ragtime Catherine Ashmore He’s had guest spots on The Good Fight and Billions and is currently shooting the new pilot Fam alongside original Dreamgirls star Sheryl Lee Ralph. Robot as Scott Knowles, and Hulu’s The Path as Bill. Outside of the stage world, Mitchell is a well known face in TV, having played recurring roles on Frasier, Glee (as one of Rachel’s two dads), Mr. Mitchell released another solo album, Simply Broadway in 2012, and is currently working on a third titled Plays With Music. Most recently, he joined his Ragtime co-star Audra McDonald in Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. After a long hiatus from Broadway, touring the country performing solo concerts and producing his self-titled album, Mitchell returned to the Great White Way alongside Patti LuPone in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

He and Mazzie also performed in the 2006 Encores! mounting of Kismet. He played Sweeney Todd in the Kennedy Center production in 2002, returned to Broadway in 2005 for Love/Life, and starred as Emile de Becque in the PBS broadcast of South Pacific. In 2001, he left Kiss Me, Kate to star in King Hedley II (earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations) and then took on the role of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, for which he earned his fourth Drama Desk and Tony nominations. After leaving Ragtime in December of 1998, he starred opposite Marin Mazzie (his Ragtime co-star) in the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate, this time winning the Drama Desk and Tony Awards. He originated the role of Coalhouse in the pre-Broadway productions of Ragtime and earned his first Drama Desk and Tony nominations. Having already appeared on Broadway in Mail and Okay! and replacing in starring roles in Jelly’s Last Jam and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mitchell truly made his mark as a performer of his generation as Coalhouse Walker Jr. Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald in Ragtime.

Ragtime original cast