April 23, 2010 5:06 pm
The original cast recording of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s newest musical, The Scottsboro Boys, was recorded today for Jay Records. With a book by David Thompson, the show deals with the infamous Scottsboro case from the 1930s, in which a group of innocent African-American teenagers were falsely accused of a terrible crime and ultimately provoked a national outrage that sparked the American Civil Rights movement. Noted in its recent Off-Broadway run for its deconstruction of minstrel show traditions, the show is hopefully headed to Broadway next season. It’s a good thing too: this is the kind of musical that is sorely needed to lend some long-lost artistic credibility to the Great White Way.
Posted by David Fick
Categories: David Thompson, Fred Ebb, John Kander
Tags: David Thompson, Fred Ebb, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys
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