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Following its 2010 Broadway run last December, the critically-acclaimed musical 'The Scottsboro Boys' has been scheduled for additional bookings beginning later this month.
Yesterday it was announced that the award-winning show will resume its production from April 22-June 3 during this year's annual The Old Globe series in San Diego, followed by a stint at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, June 19-July 15.
The California dates also follow this week's news of the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical landing12 Tony Award-nominations.
Critical acclaim leads to a longer run for the LORT (League of Resident Theaters) production, which producers hope reach across other venues.
Producer Barry Weissler told Playbill: "We're finding a way to connect the LORT theaters. Hopefully, we'll be able to work our way across the country," adding that discussions with resident not-for-profit theaters in Seattle, Chicago and Boston are ongoing.
The play is based on the 1930s legal case where nine black men in Alabama were wrongly accused of raping two white women. It won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award when it originated off-Broadway in February 2010.
As previously reported, talks are also brewing about bringing the controversial play to the silver screen, with Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels possibly attached.