“It’s an epic musical—it’s really one of the great, great American musicals. And... it’s an undertaking!” Rick Dines continues his long association with Springfield Contemporary Theatre by directing the new production of the Tony-winning musical “Ragtime,” based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, tonight through March 4 th at SCT Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza. While “epic” and “SCT Center Stage” don’t naturally go together in the same sentence, Dines couldn’t help himself: he had to get this show on the stage. “A couple of people have mentioned (“Ragtime”) in the past, and I always kind of laughed it off and thought, ‘Oh, you’re delusional! That show is mammoth! I don’t know why you would ever think that we should look at that!’ And then, as we were putting the season together for this year, things started coming together after the (2016) election... and my mind went back to this show, and the huge, vast amount of things it deals with. And it spoke to me anew.” Dines then re-read the “Ragtime
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