Shucked Fills Theaters with Earfuls of Laughs

A joyously self-aware Broadway musical proves that corny can be funny.

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Mike Nappi as Peanut in the North American tour of Shucked

Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Louisville, Ky. — I recently had the pleasure of seeing a Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy during its North American tour, specifically at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Shucked takes an incredibly light look at the virtues of self-reliance, neighborliness, friendship, and love. These elements converge as widespread panic grips a small American farm town.

A shady city slicker named Gordy (Quinn VanAntwerp) soon arrives to fix everything. He triggers the tension between urban exploitation and rural insularity that propels this severely amusing production.

Deroy Murdock

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