The marketing team for the new musical Shucked is doing a great job of getting me interested in their upcoming Broadway run. But what is it? Here’s what we know.
“SHUCKED is the new musical comedy from some of the hottest names on Broadway—and Nashville! Featuring a book by Tony Award® winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and directed by Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater.”
In 2023, when jukebox musicals and revivals seem to reign supreme, it’s refreshing to see a musical based on original music. Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally are the songwriting team behind Kacey Musgraves’s Country Music Awards song of the year, Follow Your Arrow. It’s a cute song, and the lyrics are pro-LGBTQIA+. Excellent!
Adding some star power to the Broadway cast is Alex Newell, who you may know from Glee and or the recent revival of Once on this Island.
Shucked has been in development for a long time, and I was able to easily dig up some videos. Woman of the World gives me Waitress vibes.
OK is a classic-sounding ballad with a little bit of that southern sound.
The jury is still out on this show, as far as I’m concerned. Will the comedy work for me? As a native Californian, can I hang with the country sensibility? One thing I will say is this show has my attention!
Shucked starts previews at the Niederlander Theatre March 8th 2023.