The run closed December 12, 2010
- Opened
- 2010
- Closed
- December 12, 2010
- Performances
- 49
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- —
Of the 426 productions we hold that opened in the 2010s and record a performance count, this is the 352nd 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.
Characters13 roles recorded
Joshua Henry Haywood Patterson
Trent Armand Kendall Mr. Bones
JC Montgomery Mr. Tambo
Hal Linden Interlocutor
James T. Lane Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates
David Bazemore Olen Montgomery
Justin Prescott Willie Roberson
Clinton Roane Roy Wright
Dex Lee Charles Weems/Victoria Price
Cedrick Sanders Clarence Norris
Jeremy Gumbs Eugene Williams
Christopher James Culberson Andy Wright
C. Kelly Wright The Lady
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
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 |
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
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What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for The Scottsboro Boys at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.