Josh Rogosin | November 20, 2023
There was only one request I made to the creative team for Shucked: I need to see the corn kickline on the Tiny Desk, or it can't happen. Thankfully, choreographer Sarah O'Gleby came down to Washington, D.C. for the recording and made all my dreams come true. Shucked is the most fun you'll have on Broadway this season. There are a lot of great shows to see, but if you want to laugh, Shucked is the ticket. Lucky for us all, it's going on a national tour in the fall of 2024.

Songwriting team Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally have plenty to say about their admiration for the performers interpreting their music for the stage. "The legend is that I threw a shoe," McAnally explains, recalling his excitement after seeing Alex Newell perform "Independently Owned" for the first time. "But I also threw my book with all my music."

Halfway through the set, Clark starts singing her beautiful ballad written for the show, "Maybe Love," then Isabelle McCalla takes over as her character, Maizy. "We're going to show you the transformation that these songs take," Clark summarizes. "We write very simple songs and we're simple singers, and it's amazing to see our simple songs and voices turned into this."

SET LIST
“Corn”
“Independently Owned”
“Maybe Love”
“Somebody Will”
“I Do”
“We Love Jesus”

COMPOSERS
Brandy Clark
Shane McAnally

CAST
Andrew Durand
Ashley D. Kelley
John Behlmann
Isabelle McCalla
Grey Henson
Alex Newell
Kevin Cahoon

MUSICIANS
Jason Howland: piano, arrangements
Kevin Ramessar: guitar
Emma Ford: drums
Jeremy Kittel: fiddle, mandolin
Alexandria “Lexi” Bodick: upright bass
Meg Toohey: guitar

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer/Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Director: Joshua Bryant
Editor: Kara Frame
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Elizabeth Gillis, Mitra I. Arthur
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Audio Assistants: Josephine Nyounai, Hannah Gluvna
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Estefania Mitre
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills, Maia Stern
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

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