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 A behind the scenes look at some of This month we are pleased to feature IN THE HEIGHTS the smash hit new musical and its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times calls him "a singular new sensation... commanding the spotlight as if he were born in the wings." |
 THE SCOTTSBORO
BOYS is based on the notorious "Scottsboro" case in the 1930s, where
nine African American men were unjustly accused of attacking two white women on
a train in Alabama. The young men were convicted by an all-white jury and spent
years in jail, while the case was tried and retried. In the tradition of their
classic musicals Cabaret and Chicago, Kander and Ebb explore
this dark chapter of American history in a daringly inventive and startling entertainment.
 On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought together Johnny
Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
and Elvis Presley. The place was Sun Records storefront in Memphis.
The man who made it happen was the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll," Sam Phillips, who
discovered them all.
 ELF
is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into
Santa's bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Buddy is raised
unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making
abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks
on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true
identity. Based on the 2003 movie.
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