PAI Guest Artist Heading to Broadway in the Cast of 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Barrymore Award winner Forrest McClendon, a frequent guest artist at PAI, will make his Broadway debut as "Mr. Tambo" in the Kander-Ebb musical "The Scottsboro Boys" at the Lyceum Theatre in October. McClendon originated the role and moved in and out of other characters in the production's three-month run at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City. McClendon is one of 10 actors performing in the show's summer run through September 25 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis who will recreate their performances on Broadway. "The Scottsboro Boys," based on the notorious "Scottsboro" case from the 1930s in which nine African-American men were unjustly accused of a terrible crime, opens October 31 with preview performances beginning October 7.