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Shaina Taub to Take Leave From Broadway’s Ragtime Jan. 6–March 29, 2026

Her announcement channels her pregnancy loss into a Mount Sinai fundraiser supporting patients blocked from essential reproductive care.

Overview

  • Taub, a two-time Tony winner who plays Emma Goldman, will step away from the Lincoln Center Theater production for medical recovery beginning Jan. 6.
  • In an Instagram statement, she disclosed three pregnancy losses over the past year, including one the week Ragtime opened.
  • She recounted hemorrhaging, hospitalization in New York, and an emergency D&C that doctors deemed life-saving.
  • Taub noted that a D&C for miscarriage care is the same procedure used for abortions and said it is illegal in more than 20 states, highlighting life-threatening access barriers.
  • She and husband Matt Gehring launched a fundraiser with Mount Sinai’s Division of Complex Family Planning to provide no-cost care for patients from restrictive states; she plans to return March 29 to finish the run, now extended through June 14, 2026 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.