New York City Center’s staging of the Tony-nominated Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens-Terrence McNally musical Ragtime begins October 30. The hit musical based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel of the same name is the New York venue’s annual gala presentation, and the two-week engagement kicks off with a benefit performance-honoring original Ragtime star Brian Stokes Mitchell and philanthropist Denise Littlefield Sobel-followed by dinner at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.