Shows · Shuffle Along

Shuffle Along

Opened 1921

504 performances

Musical, Early

Cast_of_Shuffle_Along,_1920s.jpg — Egan Jacoby

Shuffle Along is a musical composed by Eubie Blake, with lyrics by Noble Sissle and a book written by the comedy duo Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. One of the most popular all-Black hit Broadway shows, it was a landmark in African-American musical theater, credited with inspiring the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.

Music: Eubie Blake
Lyrics: Noble Sissle
Book: Flournoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles

Productions4 on Broadway

1921

63rd St. Music HallBroadway Original, opened May 23, 1921, directed by Walter Brooks

504 performances

1932

Mansfield TheatreBroadway Revival, opened December 26, 1932, directed by Walter Brooks

17 performances

1952

Broadway TheatreBroadway Revival, opened May 8, 1952, directed by George Hale

4 performances

2016

RevivalBroadway Revival, directed by George C. Wolfe

100 performances

Songs19 songs

I’m Just Wild About Harry, Love Will Find a Way, Bandana Days, If You’ve Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, Jive Drill, Bitten by Love, Falling, City Called Heaven—Juba-lee, Bongo-Boola, Swanee Moon, Rhythm of America, It’s the Gown That Makes the Gal That Makes the Guy, You Can’t Overdo a Good Thing, My Day, Give It Love, Farewell with Love, Here ’Tis, Reminiscing, Love Will Find a Way.

Recordings 1 recording

2016

Sing Shuffle Along Harbinger Records HCD 3204, released 2016

United States

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