Theater Talk: “Shuffle Along”

"Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"’s TONY-nominated director/librettist George C. Wolfe and TONY-nominated actors Brandon Victor Dixon and Adrienne Warren talk about bringing the new musical -- about the 1921 groundbreaking hit musical “Shuffle Along” -- to Broadway in 2016, garnering 10 TONY Award nominations including Best Musical.
Taped: 05-13-16
Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins.
The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.)
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[@niaraselah]

This is my history. I am glad they are telling our stories

[@cattycorner8]

You were in the original show?

[@kayinterest2926]

@@cattycorner8 obviously not mexed

[@ProfessorBeautiful]

Theatre people! Love 'em!!!
I was reading Langston Hughes astonishing autobiography The Big Sea,
and learned about Shuffle Along among many other things..

[@user-hw9fw2sj7u]

А если бы сейчас кто-нибудь посмел поставить на Бродвее шоу, в котором главным условием было бы участие только белых людей - вся общественность заклеймила бы это шоу, как расистское.

[@Hairsprayxoxoful]

I know they were both nominated for Tonys, but I would much rather have seen an interview with George, Billy, and Audra.