Broadway choreography

Who choreographed The Scottsboro Boys?

Susan Stroman was credited for the choreography recognized by the Drama Desk Award, Tony Award, Olivier Award.

3 nominationsFirst honored 2010

Choreography awards for The Scottsboro Boys

YearAwardChoreographerResult
2010Drama Desk AwardSusan StromanNominated
2011Tony AwardSusan StromanNominated
2014Olivier AwardSusan StromanNominated

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

The Scottsboro Boys is a musical with a book by David Thompson, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Based on the Scottsboro Boys trial, the musical is one of the last collaborations between Kander and Ebb prior to the latter's death. The musical has the framework of a minstrel show, altered to "create a musical social critique" with a company that, except for one, consists "entirely of African-American performers".

The musical debuted Off-Broadway and then moved to Broadway in 2010 for a run of only two months. It received twelve Tony Award nominations, but failed to win any. The previous record for nominations without a win was eleven, held by Steel Pier and the original production of Chicago, both also by Kander and Ebb. The musical's twelve nominations were second only to The Book of Mormon, which garnered fourteen nominations that year. Nevertheless, The Scottsboro Boys played in US regional theatres in 2012 and moved to London in 2013, where, after a sell-out production at the Young Vic, it moved to the West End in 2014.

From the Wikipedia article “The Scottsboro Boys (musical)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).