Will the Scottsboro Boys Return to Broadway?

I know that they were campaigning to get it back to Broadway even before the Tony nominations and with a "Best Musical" nomination people will definitely want to see it if they missed it when it was on. Do you think the new Tony nominations will really help it get back to Broadway?

As much as I'd like to see it again, I doubt it's going to happen. They would pretty much have needed to already BE in rehearsal so that they could immediately into a tech situation in order to allow the voters to see it. Ain't gonna happen.

(But if it does, I'll race to the box office.)

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Yes, it is highly doubtful. The only way I could see “The Scottsboro Boys” returning to Broadway very soon is if it won Best Musical, Direction, Choreography, Score, and perhaps for one performance. If “The Book of Mormon” weren't such a critical and audience smash, then it might have prevailed in another season when the winning show wasn't so obvious.

The great thing is that “The Scottsboro Boys” has been recognized as a bonafide artistic success. The brief original Broadway run does not reflect the value of the piece itself. I think it's the economic environment, plus the ever-increasing craving from Broadway musical audiences to see spectacle – and better yet, direct involvement with a show – that killed the Kander & Ebb show that could... n't...

I think for many of those theatergoers who love an experience like “Priscilla,” sitting through “The Scottsboro Boys” might feel akin to being on a school field trip and watching a PBS musical documentary.

Updated On: 5/4/11 at 07:44 PM

I feel like there are many shows of Kander & Ebb that need to be revived before this crap. But then if it makes you BWWers happy, I'm all for it. One less show I will spend money on.

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Honey, just because this show went over your head doesn't make it a piece of crap.

I LOVE that you are being told that!

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Jordan, my heart just stopped reading your post. Nothing could make me happier.

I hope it happens. I trust where I heard it that it's a possibility...

YAY! Did the place you heard it from specify Broadway or off-Broadway?

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If it does return for a limited engagement...I wonder if it could petition for Best Revival consideration next year?

I doubt it...unless it's a completely new production...

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Isn't it five years?

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I only remember that because this same thing came up when there were whispers of a [title of show] "revival". Here's hoping Scottsboro is more successful in its plans to return!

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Is the film version still being planned?