I went to Shuffle Along Friday night and I had a ball. Nothing about the show seemed aimed at tourists–Yureka time!\u00a0 That said, anyone from anywhere could “get” it. I felt a bit like I did as a kid when my ex-vaudevillean grandmother took me to Broadway musicals.<\/p>\n
The show deftly uses techniques of old vaudeville and revue to tell the narrative of the original production’s creation and creators. The dancing is fabulous. It was a treat indeed to see numbers drawn from the old steps performed by dancers who are so much more trained than the cuties of many-a-yesteryear ago.<\/p>\n
And at the lovely old and intimate Music Box.\u00a0 I could have sworn I heard a faint echo of Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb leading “Easter Parade” there in 1933. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I went to Shuffle Along Friday night and I had a ball. Nothing about the show seemed aimed at tourists–Yureka time!\u00a0 That said, anyone from anywhere could “get” it. I felt a bit like I did as a kid when … Continue reading