The Scottsboro Boys September 17, 2010

With a score by Broadway's legendary songwriting team John Kander & Fred Ebb ('Cabaret,' 'Chicago') and a book by Tony-nominee David Thompson ('Steel Pier'), five-time Tony-winner Susan Stroman ('The Producers,' 'Contact') directs and choreographs a stellar cast in this new musical triumph that depicts one of the most important and notorious chapters in American history. Kander and Ebb's final collaboration, 'The Scottsboro Boys' is based on the true story of the infamous 1930s Scottsboro case, in which a group of nine innocent African American teenagers was falsely accused of a terrible crime against white women in Alabama. After a series of trials, including a case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Scottsboro events ultimately provoked a national outrage that helped to spark the Civil Rights movement. NOTE: This production contains mature themes and brief nudity.