Susan Stroman

Beowulf Borrit on The Scottsboro Boys, Theatre, and Process

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Susan Stroman, Political Theatre, Arts News, Arts, Set Design, Beowulf Boritt, Tony Awards, Theatre, Racism, Kander and Ebb, David Thompson, The Scottsboro Boys, Arts News
Marcia G. Yerman

On December 12th, The Scottsboro Boys closed its Broadway run. Months later, Beowulf Boritt received a Tony nomination for "Best Scenic Design of a Musical" for work that used minimal elements to convey symbolism and depth.

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The Scottsboro Boys: Making Friends With the Truth

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Stroman, Joshua Henry, Arts News, Fred Ebb, Beowulf Boritt. John Kander, The Interlocutor, Patterson v. Alabama, David Thompson, Samuel Leibowitz, International Labor Defene, The Scottsboro Boys, Mr. Bones, Minstrel Show, Haywood Patterson, Mr. Tambo, John Cullum, Political Theater, Cakewalk Motif, Roy Wright, Arts News
Marcia G. Yerman

The play takes on a series of challenges in presenting the Depression Era story of the nine African-American teens who were falsely accused of raping two white women in the state of Alabama. Not an easy task.

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On the Culture Front: Antony and the Johnsons at Lincoln Center, The Scottsboro Boys, and Terra Andina Wine Dinner at Pure Thai Shophouse

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Stroman, Rand Paul, Grizzly Bear, Antony and the Johnsons, Kander and Ebb, Pure Thai Shophouse, Takeout, Sufjan Stevens, Terra Andina, Nico Muhly, The Scottsboro Boys, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Photo: Richard Termine When Antony and the Johnsons took the stage Saturday night at Alice Tully Hall shortly after 7:30pm - which is like 5am in ...

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Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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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The Scottsboro Boys: New Kander-Ebb Musical, Old Kander-Ebb Formula

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Skin of Our Teeth, Samuel Liebowitz, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jason Robert Brown, Chicago, Kurt Weill, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sharon Washington, The Visit, Manuel Puig, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Leo Frank, Jerome Kern, Hal Prince, Parade, Musical Comedy, John Cullum, Cabaret, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Foster, Thornton Wilder, Susan Stroman, Fred Ebb, Berlin Stories, Edna Ferber, David Thompson, Show Boat, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys, Bertolt Brecht, Vineyard Theatre, Christopher Isherwood, Colman Domingo, Forrest McClendon, New York News
David Finkle

Time was, audiences went to musicals--more often called musical comedies then--to see famous entertainers sing great songs written by first-rate lyric...

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