Get tickets to see 9-time Tony nominee ‘Shucked’: Cream of the Broadway crop
nypost.comannounced, and Broadway’s corniest new musical picked up nine including Best Musical — tying “& Juliet” and “New York, New York” for the second-most nominated show of the year.
What’s the musical, you’re wondering? “Shucked.” What’s it about? Ask any cast member or audience member alike and they’ll tell you the same thing.
It’s about corn! “Shucked” comes from book writer Robert Horn (who won a Tony award in 2019 for “Tootsie”), composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, both Grammy nominees for their work as country songwriters with artists like Kacey Musgraves, Sheryl Crow and Reba McEntire and finally director Jack O’Brien who has three Tonys under his belt already, including one for directing “Hairspray.” All four were nominated for Tonys in their respective categories for “Shucked.”“Corn” and the show’s awards pedigree isn’t quite enough to sell you on “Shucked?”Well, we’ve got all the buttery details ready for you.The farcical musical takes place in mythical Midwestern Cob County, a town literally surrounded by a wall of corn.
When the crops begin to die, Maizy (get it, like maize, we told you there were puns) cancels her wedding and takes it upon herself to save the corn and their community.
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