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Digging Up Mr. Bones: How the Minstrel Show Gave Shape to <em>The Scottsboro Boys</em>

David Thompson, librettist of <em>The Scottsboro Boys</em>, talks about the defunct American theatrical form of the minstrel show, and how it functions in the new Kander &amp; Ebb musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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