Hee-Haw, a variety show mixing country songs and cornpone humor set in fictional Kornfield Kounty, gets a Broadwayfied update in Shucked, a hilarious new musical comedy that draws not only on Hee-Haw but Urinetown (and a bit of Brigadoon and The Music Man as well). Director Jack O’Brien deserves full credit for cooking this chowder into a fast-moving meal, and managing the sudden shifts in tone with enviable ease.
You can read my full review in the June/July issue of Musicals magazine, out May 26.
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