Moving to Broadway News: Yank and Scottsboro Boys

Two of the best received off-Broadway musicals of this season will move to Broadway next season.

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Yank (reviewed here by me) just announced a new Director, Broadway vet David Cromer (NY Times).

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Bobby Steggert, one of the stars of the show, wants to return when it comes back to Broadway. Mr. Steggert is nominated for a Tony this year for his supporting work in Ragtime.

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The second show with news is The Scottsboro Boys. The Scottsboro Boys features music and lyrics by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb, a book by David Thompson. The "Scottsboro" case in 1930s, concerned 9 African American men unjustly accused of attacking two white women on a train in Alabama. The young men were convicted by an all-white jury and spent years in jail, while the case was reviewed over and over.

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The Scottsboro Boys opens October 31 at the Lyceum Theatre.

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I like these shows because they are unique and new - not based on a movie, TV Show or a revival. It is a good sign for Broadway that producers are moving with new content.