The Scottsboro Boys, 2010

The run closed December 12, 2010

Opened

2010

Closed

December 12, 2010

Performances

49

Previews

Unknown

Theatre

Unknown

Of the 425 productions we hold that opened in the 2010s and carry a performance count, this is the 351st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of The Scottsboro Boys 1 more that season

2014

Garrick Theatre Transfer

Who was in it12 named

Derrick Cobey
Jeremy Gumbs
Kendrick Jones
Julius Thomas Iii
Christian Dante White

7 of these 12 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 5 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director

Susan Stroman

Choreographer

Susan Stroman

Orchestrations

Larry Hochman

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical

Nominated

Recordings 1 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against The Scottsboro Boys, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

Around this production

The Scottsboro Boys is a musical with a book by David Thompson, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Based on the Scottsboro Boys trial, the musical is one of the last collaborations between Kander and Ebb prior to the latter's death. The musical has the framework of a minstrel show, altered to "create a musical social critique" with a company that, except for one, consists "entirely of African-American performers". The musical debuted Off-Broadway and then moved to Broadway in 2010 for a run of only two months. It received twelve Tony Award nominations, but failed to win any. The previous record for nominations without a win was eleven, held by Steel Pier and the original production…

Opening night on Broadway was the cherry on top, and a big family affair. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2010 To May 2011 Edited By Robert Viagas 7th, p. 337

• The Scottsboro Boys (2010), Follies (the 2011 Broadway revival), The Last Ship (2014), and The Visit (2015) quickly closed, and the critically acclaimed Grey Gardens (2006) could manage no more than nine months of performances. The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 13
• Sadly, few serious musicals for adults were successful, and so A Catered Affair (2008), The Scottsboro Boys (2010), The Last Ship (2014), and The Visit (2015) quickly floundered; others such as Passion and Grey Gardens (2006) ran for only a few months The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 172
• Two examples are The Scottsboro Boys (2010; forty-nine performances) and The Visit (2015; sixty-one performances), both of which played at the intimate Lyceum Theatre. The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 307
• John Kander and Fred Ebb’s final collaboration, The Scottsboro Boys, a minstrel musical about the 1931 Scottsboro case, received mostly positive reviews and went on to win Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding musical and choreographer (Susan Stroman), a Drama Desk Award for outstanding lyrics, and tied with Bloody Blo… Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 124
• Outstanding Lead Actor: Michael Urie, The Temperamentals (Produced by Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment) Nominees: Hugh Dancy, The Pride, Patch Darragh, The Glass Menagerie; Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys; John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 432

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

• No photograph of this staging.
• No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
• Which of the 1 recordings of The Scottsboro Boys document this run, if any.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.