CBS This Morning-Shuffle Along

Did anyone watch the piece about it? It made me really want to buy tickets as soon as possible.

This could be the show that surprises us all.

The rehearsals shown were for the lab which happened a few weeks go. Broadway rehearsals start in January.

Thanks Theatreguy.

Really? Why? Is "Hamilton" Jesus? Will every show produced after Hamilton have come from its vagina? Did you listen to the history of Shuffle? It was the first show written, directed, produced, starring Black ppl on Broadway. It was the first time 2 black people sang a love song to each other on a Broadway stage. That's freaking amazing!!! It's a history maker in its own right - Hamilton exists BECAUSE of Shuffle Along. "Scatting is period-correct rapping"????? Please have 3 seats.

I do think this is the one show that has the potential to make this a tighter Tony race than originally expected.

We don't even know yet if it will be eligible as a new musical or a revival yet.

They are billing it as a revival, but that won't be official until the Tony Administration committee deems it so. That meeting will happen in April so we're several months away from having a definitive answer.

It seems the producers will push for a revival designation, presumably so they won't compete against Hamilton. We'll see if the Tony Committee agrees with them, or will repeat what they did with One Man, Two Guvnors, which tried the same tactic only to see if backfire when they were considered a New Play and left out of the nominations months later (may or may not have been related to some questionable tactics on the producer's part that upset a lot of people in the American Theatre Wing.) I think the Shuffle Along case is much better than that of One Man, Two Guvnors to be a revival.

There is a link above in the BWW news section.

We don't even know yet if it will be eligible as a new musical or a revival yet.

Ahh...I totally forgot about that. For some reason, this revision just feels more like a "new" musical (a la Crazy for You, sorta). It's certainly a more sensible reply than:

"Really? Why? Is "Hamilton" Jesus? Will every show produced after Hamilton have come from its vagina?"

WTF was that all about? Did I in any way insinuate or imply that Shuffle Along was unimportant or irrelevant? Hamilton doesn't have a vagina and neither did Jesus. What are you even talking about?

It was the first show written, directed, produced, starring Black ppl on Broadway. It was the first time 2 black people sang a love song to each other on a Broadway stage. That's freaking amazing!!! It's a history maker in its own right - Hamilton exists BECAUSE of Shuffle Along.

Did anyone say otherwise? Should the producers close Hamilton and apologize for opening a surprise runaway hit because it's not Shuffle Along? I'm just trying to figure out why the weird overreaction.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 12:21 AM

This behind-the-scenes make me want to see this show so bad. Audra McDonald, Billy Porter and Brian Stokes Mitchell all on one stage and all TAP-DANCING??? This looks awesome.