The notorious "Scottsboro" case of the 1930s — in which nine African-American men and boys were unjustly accused of rape — is told within the frame of a minstrel show in the new musical The Scottsboro Boys. Composer John Kander, director Susan Stroman and their collaborators talk about reinventing the minstrel form in order to make satiric points and "heighten the stakes."
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The Scottsboro Boys: Finding the Truth
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