The Journey to Art With A Purpose

  RAGTIME Reviews Are Out!   " Powerful and emotional themes aside, this current and creator-blessed production  is breathtaking in all the ways that theater aspires to be ." - Thomas Ryan Ward " It's hard to imagine a better location for a production of RAGTIME than Deal, New Jersey. The predominantly Jewish community is adjacent to the largely African American population of Asbury Park (a city known for "New Music") and connected by the millionaire mansions of Ocean Avenue: RAGTIME in microcosm. The Axelrod Performing Arts Center is not just presenting RAGTIME, but living it. The 1998 Tony-winning musical has also never seemed more timely, considering the nation's recent headlines about immigrants and dreamers. Luis Salgado Axelrod has lately billed itself as New Jersey's newest professional theatre. Toward that end, they have enlisted Broadway actor / director / choreographer,  Luis Salgado . Salgado's Broadway credits include