SpeakEasy Stage Extends Its Production of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

Due to overwhelming demand, SpeakEasy Stage Company has added six more performances of its acclaimed New England premiere production of the Kander and Ebb musical THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. The show will now play thru Saturday, November 26.

The entire original cast will remain for the additional week. The new block of seats for these additional performances will go on sale this Friday, October 28 at noon. Tickets can be purchased online at www.SpeakEasySrage.com, by phone at 617-933-8600, or in person at the Calderwood Box-Office, 527 Tremont Street in the South End.

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS was the final collaboration for John Kander and Fred Ebb, the legendary songwriting team whose works include such musical theatre classics as Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, which features a book by David Thompson, and which was originally directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, brings to light the shocking true story of nine African-American teenagers jailed in Alabama in 1931 for a crime they did not commit. With an exhilarating and infectious score that mixes gospel, jazz, and vaudeville, THE SCOTTSOBORO BOYS flips the script on the classic minstrel show to lay bare the fateful case that inspired the American civil rights movement.

SpeakEasy Founder and Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault directed the New England premiere of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. Winner of the 2014 Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence, Mr. Daigneault's SpeakEasy directing credits include acclaimed productions of Significant Other, Violet, Mothers & Sons, Big Fish, The Color Purple, In the Heights, and Next to Normal.

Matthew Stern is the show's Music Director and Norton Award-winner Ilyse Robbins designed the choreography. The cast is Darren Bunch, Shalaye Camillo, Taavon Gamble, Russell Garrett, De'lon Grant, Brandon G. Green, Sheldon Henry, Wakeem Jones, Steven Martin, Darrell Morris, Jr., Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Aaron Michael Ray, and Isaiah Reynolds.

The design team is Eric Levenson (scenic); Miranda Kau Giurleo (costumes); Daisy Long (lighting), and David Remedios (sound).

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS will now play through Nov. 26, in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston's South End. Ticket prices start at $25, with discounts for students, seniors, and persons age 25 and under.

For tickets or more information, the public is invited to call the box office at 617.933.8600 or visit www.SpeakEasyStage.com .

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