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Shows · Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed · Music Box Theatre, 2016

Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, 2016

Opened April 28, 2016

Closed July 24, 2016

100 performances

Music Box Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 2010s, this had the 207th longest run.

Who was in it18 named

Kendrick Jones
J C Montgomery
Erin N Moore
Arbender Robinson
Christian Dante White
Felicia Boswell

Creative team

Director
George C. Wolfe
Choreographer
Savion Glover

Around this production

Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed is a musical with a score by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle and a libretto by George C. Wolfe, based on the original book of the 1921 musical revue Shuffle Along, by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. The story focuses on the challenges of mounting the original production of Shuffle Along and its effect on Broadway and race relations. The musical played on Broadway in 2016 and starred Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Brandon Victor Dixon and Billy Porter. The initial critical response was mostly positive, with special praise from many critics for McDonald's performance. The production was nominated for te…

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