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He made his Broadway debut as Mr. Tambo in the 2010 musical The Scottsboro Boys, after appearing in the musical off-Broadway. [4] The role led to McClendon's first Tony Award nomination in May 2011 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. [2] [6]
The pardons granted to the Scottsboro Boys today are long overdue. The legislation that led to today's pardons was the result of a bipartisan, cooperative effort. I appreciate the Pardons and Parole Board for continuing our progress today and officially granting these pardons. Today, the Scottsboro Boys have finally received justice. [6]
Susan P. Stroman [1] (born October 17, 1954) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer.Her notable theater productions include Oklahoma!, The Music Man, Crazy for You, Contact, The Producers, The Frogs, The Scottsboro Boys, Bullets Over Broadway, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, and New York, New York.
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, production of The Scottsboro Boys featuring several of the original Broadway cast members played at the Philadelphia Theatre Company in the Suzanne Roberts Theatre beginning on January 20, 2012. Stroman's original direction and choreography was replicated by Jeff Whiting.
Ages and Ages is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon. The group was included as Portland‘s 2011 Best New band by Willamette Week. [1] In 2011 they signed a record deal with Partisan Records and were dropped from the roster in 2017. In 2013 the band changed their name from AgesandAges to Ages and Ages.
Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lineup that produced their most well-known country and crossover hits ― such as " Elvira " (1981), " Bobbie Sue " (1982), and " American Made ...
James Dee Crowe (August 27, 1937 – December 24, 2021) was an American banjo player and bluegrass band leader. He first became known during his four-year stint with Jimmy Martin in the 1950s. Crowe led the bluegrass group New South from 1971 until his death in 2021.
Washington first raised the idea of a Scottsboro Boys museum in 2000 as part of a public discussion local officials had about created a historic walking trail in the area. [2] She faced resistance from many in the Scottsboro area, who felt the incident was over and wanted to forget it. [1] [3] Even a former mayor of Scottsboro advised her not ...