This song brought me to tears. Each and every one of the performers were outstanding. The young kid is an amazing talent. He is a great dancer, but when he opens his mouth to sing, I couldn't believe it. Wonderful.
They're all wonderful, but it's Joshua Henry and the look on his face when he stands up at the end, and the beautiful voice that comes out of his mouth, that brings me to tears every time I watch this.
So proud to know Joshua Henry and have had the pleasure of working with him in school. Hands down one of the most talented, hard working and kind people I know. Crossing my fingers for a tony nomination for ya, Josh!
@HikariDragonRyuu It wouldn't work. The minstrel show format is instrumental to the show. That's like saying spring awakening should be done with the musical numbers interpreted literally. I don't know why you would want to take out the minstrel format anyway. Anyone who saw it knows that it's not tasteless or offensive...
@austinthebookworm5 Yeah, but even though Mormon is a better musical overall (my personal opinion), Scottsboro Boys has a better score. Nothing against Mormon, I've heard that the score sounds great in the theatre, but on the soundtrack, the music and the lyrics for the songs don't sound as well-crafted as the Scottsboro Boys' score, save for a couple songs, "Turn It Off" being one.
It's not a feel-good musical -- who ever gave you that idea? The responsible people are, of course, John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (words), who are also responsible for "Cabaret" (another feel-bad musical), "Chicago", and other great shows. As in those shows, many serious points are made ironically. Just think of the title song from "Cabaret", a tragic story in the form of a great show-stopping Broadway diva 11 o'clock number. "The Scottsboro Boys" is full of that sort of thing, but you'd have to be pretty dense to miss the intent behind such effects. If you want a feel-good musical about something bad, that would be "Oklahoma!", which manages to celebrate the settling of the West by white people without noticing the appalling violence, especially against the indigenous population, that accompanied it. The recent Broadway production directed by Daniel Fish tried to address this, perhaps not entirely successfully.
the world needs this story so much right now.
Riiiiight??
This song brought me to tears. Each and every one of the performers were outstanding. The young kid is an amazing talent. He is a great dancer, but when he opens his mouth to sing, I couldn't believe it.
Wonderful.
They're all wonderful, but it's Joshua Henry and the look on his face when he stands up at the end, and the beautiful voice that comes out of his mouth, that brings me to tears every time I watch this.
bring this back, this is so moving
Please tell me this is going to come back to broadway at some point!
There is a production happening right now in West Hartford CT that is outstanding. www.PlayhouseOnPark.org
to all our incarcerated brothers...and sisters ❤hope is right here
So proud to know Joshua Henry and have had the pleasure of working with him in school. Hands down one of the most talented, hard working and kind people I know. Crossing my fingers for a tony nomination for ya, Josh!
Just because my heart can't take this !!! Thank you Kander & Ebb thank you Susan Stroman
THE SETTING! This entire thing blows my mind, wish I could see it so badly. I missed it when it was here.
I sung this song in class... I love this song. Cant wait til my day to be apart of this cast! "Maybe someday I'll get lucky..."
DAMN! That boy can sing!
This was a great show and it closed too soon
If this were turned into a movie - perhaps not as a minstrel show, but as a legitimate musical - it would be amazing.
Joshua Henry is superb
I love him -- he was fantastic in Violet also. I can't wait for Carousel, with him and Jessie Mueller.
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thank god it's apparently going to be touring. i'm sad this closed. i can't wait to see it.
Aww Jeremy Gumbs is so cute!
@HikariDragonRyuu It wouldn't work. The minstrel show format is instrumental to the show. That's like saying spring awakening should be done with the musical numbers interpreted literally. I don't know why you would want to take out the minstrel format anyway. Anyone who saw it knows that it's not tasteless or offensive...
is this on DVD???? I would pay BIG BUCKS for this amazing shows
@janjalick I didn't say it was tasteless or offensive, and I did go see it - I simply didn't care for the minstrel format.
@austinthebookworm5 Yeah, but even though Mormon is a better musical overall (my personal opinion), Scottsboro Boys has a better score. Nothing against Mormon, I've heard that the score sounds great in the theatre, but on the soundtrack, the music and the lyrics for the songs don't sound as well-crafted as the Scottsboro Boys' score, save for a couple songs, "Turn It Off" being one.
@ritsfata You said it!
This is a horrible, and tragic story made into a feel good musical/ Who is responsible for this? Disgusting
It's not a feel-good musical -- who ever gave you that idea? The responsible people are, of course, John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (words), who are also responsible for "Cabaret" (another feel-bad musical), "Chicago", and other great shows. As in those shows, many serious points are made ironically. Just think of the title song from "Cabaret", a tragic story in the form of a great show-stopping Broadway diva 11 o'clock number. "The Scottsboro Boys" is full of that sort of thing, but you'd have to be pretty dense to miss the intent behind such effects.
If you want a feel-good musical about something bad, that would be "Oklahoma!", which manages to celebrate the settling of the West by white people without noticing the appalling violence, especially against the indigenous population, that accompanied it. The recent Broadway production directed by Daniel Fish tried to address this, perhaps not entirely successfully.