Three almost-proscenium-sized picture frames, stacked asymmetrically upstage — plus a pile of chairs initially heaped in the center — comprise the design for “The Scottsboro Boys.”
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Based on a 1946 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis and filmed in 1964 as “Zorba the Greek” with Anthony Quinn, the 1968 musical “Zorba,” onstage in a revival at the Eureka Theatre, has excellent credentials. Songs are by John Kander and Fred Ebb, then basking in “Cabaret” glow. The book is by Joseph Stein, lauded for adapting Sholom Aleichem’s stories into “Fiddler on the Roof.” If you squint, you just might imagine you are seeing a mish-mashup of those two better shows in “Zorba.”
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The City’s shepherd of rare musicals 42nd Street Moon is taking a pause in its multiyear celebration of Jerome Kern to pay tribute to the music of the very accomplished and still very active John Kander at the Alcazar Theatre this week. Most recently on Broadway with the controversial and critically acclaimed “The Scottsboro Boys,” Kander has provided the music to five decades of musicals from “Cabaret” through “Zorba.”
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