The musical based on the infamous Scottsboro Boys prosecution in North Alabama is closing, according to The New York Times...a victim of not enough patrons.
So is another musical...Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (picture an emo president).
Maybe history based musicals aren't what theatergoers want to see right now? And maybe the economy has cut into the number of people going to Broadway shows in the first place.
If one is going to spend all that money to see a Broadway musical, one would want to leave the theatre with a smile.
ReplyDeleteThe topic doesn't lend itself to smiles, only sadness about the fate of the Scottsboro boys.
The concept of making a musical about this notorious incident in American history doesn't work.
BTW, what's an "emo president?"