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Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kander & Ebb, Musical, Susan Stroman, Broadway, The Scottsboro Boys, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The true story is as unlikely a choice for a Broadway show as you can imagine: nine young black men aged 13 to 19 were arrested on trumped up rape charges in 1931 Alabama and became a national cause celeb.

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They Are Women, Hear Them Roar

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Patrick Dennis, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Annie Sullivan, Three Tall Women, John Patrick Shanley, Wendy Wasserstein, Clare Booth Luce, William Gibson, Auntie Mame, Maria Callas, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Five Lesbian Brothers, Master Class, Anthony Clarvoe, The Life, Jay Presson Allen, Eric Overmeyer, Cy Coleman, Edward Albee, Eve Ensler, Paul Rudnick, The Sisters Rosensweig, Marilee Talkington, James Kirkwood, Michael Storm, 70 Girls 70, Kander & Ebb, August Osage County, Jane Martin, Chekhov, The Killing of Sister George, Frank Marcus, Night Mother, The Secretaries, The Vagina Monologues, Actors Equity, The Women, The Miracle Worker, The New Century, Three Sisters, Doubt, Marsha Norman, On the Verge, Anton in Show Business, Don Groggins, Show and Tell, Marissa Wolf, Terrence McNally, Tracy Letts, Miss Margardia?S Way, Symmetry Theatre, Helen Keller, Nunsens, Non-Equity, Theatrefirst, Legends, Deuce, Arts News
George Heymont

I was intrigued by Symmetry Theatre's claim that fewer good roles are written for women, I found myself wondering if people might not be aware of the variety of plays that do indeed have meaty roles for female characters.

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Stage Door: The Scottsboro Boys, The Addams Family

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Kander & Ebb, Theater, Scottsboro Boys, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Civil Rights, Music, Vineyard Theater, Musicals, Bebe Neuwirth, Broadway, Charles Addams, Nathan Lane, New York News
Fern Siegel

The Scottsboro Boys is an astounding production. In the guise of a minstrel show, it tells the tragic story of nine black boys falsely charged with raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.

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