A heart-warming Instagram post went viral in September 2023. In it, Tamar Greene, the longest-running George Washington in “Hamilton” on Broadway, is singing to his son, AJ, who is about 3 months old and coos back adoringly at his dad. The song he’s singing is “Wheels of a Dream” from the musical “Ragtime.
” TV and stage star Viola Davis shared the video, writing, “What a beautiful gift. Beautiful. This took my breath away.
” Other stars of the stage such as Tony nominee Joshua Henry and Tony winners Donna Murphy and Kristin Chenoweth all commented on the post. Now, the father-son duo are hitting the stage again, this time to star in “Ragtime” at Stages St. Louis.
Tamar Greene will play Coalhouse Walker Jr. and his son, Amari-Josiah Greene, will appear as his stage-son Coalhouse Walker III. Even mom Lindsay Roberts Greene, who filmed the viral video, is here in St.
Louis on standby to play Coalhouse’s love interest, Sarah. But Greene is not here because of the viral post. “I heard that they were having auditions in (New York), and I was very excited because I love the show,” Greene says from St.
Louis where he arrived at the beginning of September for rehearsals. He and his wife auditioned. A month later at callbacks, “Gayle (Seay, artistic director for Stages) said, ‘Do you think the baby will be walking by the time of the show?’” Lindsay recalls.
“And we said ‘Oh, we hope so.’ So we were excited when he got the offer as well. This is .