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It can take a musical a long time to reach Broadway. When lyricist Fred Ebb died in 2004, he and his composing partner John Kander had last had a show on Broadway with 1997's Steel Pier, but they had several projects in various stages of completion. One of these was Curtains, which reached Broadway in 2007. Another is The Scottsboro Boys, which had an Off-Broadway production represented by this cast recording and released as the show was preparing to transfer to Broadway in 2010. One characteristic of Kander & Ebb musicals is a tendency to tell stories, sometimes dark stories, within the frame of some show business form. Thus, Cabaret, although it is about the rise of Nazism, is set partly in a nightclub, and Chicago, a tale of murder and celebrity, is set within a burlesque production. To tell the story of the Scottsboro boys, the nine black youths who were unjustly convicted of rape in Alabama in the '30s, Kander & Ebb hit upon the odd theatrical frame of the minstrel show, odd because minstrel shows predate the era of the Scottsboro boys by 30 years or so. Nevertheless, the characters are seen first in their minstrel roles, then in the story itself, with the music adhering to the popular styles of the late 19th century, including ragtime and cakewalk. (About halfway through, Kander starts slipping into his comfort zone of '20s jazz sounds, which may be inconsistent, but at least it's closer to the real time period of the show.) Actually, there is even a frame around the frame, since the minstrel show seems to be occurring in the memory of a woman waiting for a bus who turns out to be Rosa Parks, instigator of the Montgomery bus boycott for Civil Rights in the '50s. This may all seem like a bit too much framing, but at least it gives Kander & Ebb a handle on making a musical out of an extremely dark story in American history. Multiple trials and the recantation of one of the alleged victims do not set the young men free, and the show follows a downward trajectory; but at least the music is lively. Of course, many of the same aspects can be found in Chicago, if not the racial angle. The performers, almost all of them male, even playing most of the female parts, are accomplished, and there are some excellent Kander & Ebb songs here. No doubt some viewers, as well as listeners, will find the minstrel show format off-putting with its connotations of racism, but then racism is the point of this musical, and the creators have found a variety of ways to immerse their audience in it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Kendrick Jones, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Cullum, MainArtist - John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Sean Bradford, MainArtist - Christian Dante White, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Kendrick Jones, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Kendrick Jones, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Forrest McClendon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Sean Bradford, MainArtist - Brandon Victor Dixon, FeaturedArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Cullum, MainArtist - John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Kendrick Jones, MainArtist - Cody Ryan Wise, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Christian Dante White, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Cullum, MainArtist - John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Cullum, MainArtist - John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist - Forrest McClendon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Colman Domingo, MainArtist - Brandon Victor Dixon, MainArtist - Julius Thomas III, MainArtist - Kendrick Jones, MainArtist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
John Kander, Composer, MainArtist - Fred Ebb, Lyricist
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
Albumbeschreibung
It can take a musical a long time to reach Broadway. When lyricist Fred Ebb died in 2004, he and his composing partner John Kander had last had a show on Broadway with 1997's Steel Pier, but they had several projects in various stages of completion. One of these was Curtains, which reached Broadway in 2007. Another is The Scottsboro Boys, which had an Off-Broadway production represented by this cast recording and released as the show was preparing to transfer to Broadway in 2010. One characteristic of Kander & Ebb musicals is a tendency to tell stories, sometimes dark stories, within the frame of some show business form. Thus, Cabaret, although it is about the rise of Nazism, is set partly in a nightclub, and Chicago, a tale of murder and celebrity, is set within a burlesque production. To tell the story of the Scottsboro boys, the nine black youths who were unjustly convicted of rape in Alabama in the '30s, Kander & Ebb hit upon the odd theatrical frame of the minstrel show, odd because minstrel shows predate the era of the Scottsboro boys by 30 years or so. Nevertheless, the characters are seen first in their minstrel roles, then in the story itself, with the music adhering to the popular styles of the late 19th century, including ragtime and cakewalk. (About halfway through, Kander starts slipping into his comfort zone of '20s jazz sounds, which may be inconsistent, but at least it's closer to the real time period of the show.) Actually, there is even a frame around the frame, since the minstrel show seems to be occurring in the memory of a woman waiting for a bus who turns out to be Rosa Parks, instigator of the Montgomery bus boycott for Civil Rights in the '50s. This may all seem like a bit too much framing, but at least it gives Kander & Ebb a handle on making a musical out of an extremely dark story in American history. Multiple trials and the recantation of one of the alleged victims do not set the young men free, and the show follows a downward trajectory; but at least the music is lively. Of course, many of the same aspects can be found in Chicago, if not the racial angle. The performers, almost all of them male, even playing most of the female parts, are accomplished, and there are some excellent Kander & Ebb songs here. No doubt some viewers, as well as listeners, will find the minstrel show format off-putting with its connotations of racism, but then racism is the point of this musical, and the creators have found a variety of ways to immerse their audience in it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 20 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 00:58:39
- Künstler: John Kander Fred Ebb
- Komponist: John Kander
- Label: JAY Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Original Soundtrack
2010 JAY Productions Ltd. 2010 JAY Productions Ltd.
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