Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.
First Preview Mar 15, 2016
Opening Night Apr 28, 2016
Closing Jul 24, 2016
Music Box Theatre on Broadway
Shuffle Along is an African-American musical revue with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, and a connecting plot about a mayoral race, written by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. The piece premiered on Broadway in 1921, running for 504 performances an unusually long run during that decade. It launched the careers of Josephine Baker, Adelaide Hall and Paul Robeson, and became such a hit that it caused “curtain time traffic jams” on 63rd Street.
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Cast Broadway 2015
Brandon Victor Dixon – Eubie Blake
Joshua Henry – Noble Sissle
Audra McDonald – Lottie Gee (Mar 15, 2016 – Jun 19, 2016)
Brian Stokes Mitchell – F.E. Miller
Billy Porter – Aubrey Lyles
Creative Crew 2015
Directed by George C Wolfe
Produced by Scott Rudin
Music by Eubie Blake
Lyrics by Noble Sissie
Original Libretto by George C Wolfe
Music Arranged by Daryl Waters
Music Orchestrated by Daryl Waters
Musical Director Shelton Becton
Chroeographed by Savion Glover
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto
Costume Design by Ann Roth
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
Music Supervisor Daryl Waters
Excerpt – Broadway the American Musical Shuffle Along *
Shuffle Along Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and all that followed on Broadway
this spring starring 6-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy
Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon and Joshua Henry. Choreographed by Savion Glover and Directed by
George C. Wolfe.
In May 1921, the new musical SHUFFLE ALONG became the unlikeliest of hits, significantly
altering the face of the Broadway musical, as well as that of New York City. By the time SHUFFLE
ALONG stumbled into town after a back-breaking pre-Broadway tour, it was deeply in debt and set
to open at a remote Broadway house on West 63rd Street. But with an infectious jazz score and
exuberant, unforgettable dancing, SHUFFLE ALONG ignited not just Broadway, but all of New York
City. Because of SHUFFLE ALONG, Uptown and Downtown met and became one.
The 2016 SHUFFLE ALONG, created anew by a remarkable constellation of artists and led by
6-time Tony Award ® winner Audra McDonald, brings the original show back to glorious life,
while simultaneously telling the heretofore unknown backstage saga of its creation and
how it changed the world it left behind.
More Cast Update
Brooks Ashmanskas
Phillip Attmore
Felicia Boswell
Darius de Haas
C.K. Edwards
Afra Hines
Curtis Holland
Adrienne Howard
Amber Iman
Kendrick Jones
Lisa LaTouche
Alicia Lundgren
J. C. Montgomery
Erin N. Moore
Janelle Neal
Brittany Parks
Arbender Robinson
Karissa Royster
Britton Smith
Zurin Villanueva
Adrienne Warren
Christian Dante White
J.L. Williams
Pamela Yasutake
