Showing posts with label Billy Porter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billy Porter. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2016

Shuffle Along



This is not a revival of the 1921 musical Shuffle Along. Rather it's a story about the rise and fall of Shuffle Along's creators. Critics praised the dances but criticized the libretto for an over-reliance on first person narration.  

"The dramaturgical tactic is vaguely Jersey Boys meets 42nd Street." ~ Time Out

As with Hamilton we are left with a question of who remembers you and who tells your story.

Nominated for 10 Tony Awards.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Lay-Off Musicals


More musical mad libs!

(The Full Monty, Billy Elliot, Kinky Boots) the musical was inspired by a British film about the unhappy workers of a flailing local industry pulling together to support the leading man’s artistic ambitions. Though at least one of the workers has some homophobia to work through, they all come together in support before the curtain call.