The Scottsboro Boys

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The Huffington Post/AP | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.13.2011

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The Book of Mormon won nine Tony Awards earlier in the week including best musical, best director, and others. The satiric musical was a Broadway...

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Beowulf Borrit on The Scottsboro Boys, Theatre, and Process

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.13.2011

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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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WATCH: 2011 Tony Awards: Highlights, Holy Books And Horses

Posted 08.12.2011

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Tonight's 65th annual Tony Awards were one of the liveliest in recent memory. Returning host Neil Patrick Harris started the show off with a peppy son...

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"Can We Tell It Like It Really Happened?": Race and The Scottsboro Boys

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Matlack

Watching The Scottsboro Boys, I was made painfully aware of my own racism. I judge people by their skin color, their religion, their sexual orientation. The fact is, we all do; it doesn't make us bad people -- it makes us human.

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The Scottsboro Boys: Making Friends With the Truth

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Scottsboro: The Musical and the Myth

Ellen Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Feldman

2010-11-15-scottsboro1.jpgThe word Scottsboro has become iconic in American lore. Everyone knows it stands for a terrible racial injustice, but these days few know the details of the incident or its long aftermath.

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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

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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

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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

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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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