The wait is over: Ragtime has returned to Broadway, and fans are flocking to previews in advance of the revival’s November 15 opening night. Just before the first performance on October 23, leading lady Christiane Noll graciously invited Broadway.com to photograph her pre-show prep. Appropriately enough for an actress cast as “Mother,” Noll spent time playing with her own little one, eight-month-old Rianna Grace, who cooperated by taking her first steps for our camera! Click on for all the excitement before and after Ragtime’s big Broadway debut.