The book is by the Tony Award winner Robert Horn (“Tootsie”), and he clearly had fun upping the quotient of jokes and puns about the splendor of corn. By one cast member’s count, there are 181 laughs in the show. Mr. Horn likes his corn. Music and lyrics come from th...
"Shucked," the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical that is up to its ears in jokes about corn, will play its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre on Jan. 14 producers announced Friday. The musical about a farmgirl named Maizy who has to save her town in Cobb County when its main...
But “Shucked” packs in as many jokes-per-minute as probably any show that ever existed on Broadway. “Do you think it’s too many?” asks Horn, suddenly worried to hear that. “I always wanna be careful that the humor doesn’t drown out the emotion.” At one point, they were ...
A lot of the jokes are pretty edgy, and it's easy to see why: the book writer, Robert Horn, used to write for the hit show "Designing Women." Smith asked, "You can kind of sense that there's a little 'Designing Women' in this?" "There's a little 'Designing Women' in all ...
Jack O’Brien brings an infectious spirit of glee, warmth, and discovery to the production which is a throwback to the joys of musical comedy: where fresh talent is discovered, songs are catchy, jokes are plentiful, and characters are appealing and fun. - Frank Rizzo, Variety...