Getting on line atShucked, the only Broadway musical that runs on corn.
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Up Eighth Avenue and down 41st Street,ears of corn are sprouting from banners on every light pole.
They lead right to the Nederlander Theatre, the facade done up with blinding Minion yellow.
from fake critics (Elon Husk).
Some just say the shows name:Shucked.
Shuckedis a show about corn.
The production came straight from Salt Lake City.
An audience membertweeted a video of themselfclapping two cobs together during bows.
Their names were Matthew and Dan, and they were here to seeShuckedfor the ninth time.
It was like, Well go see if its really about corn.
And then literally after the first night, it was all anybody talked about.
There are other shows, likeHadestownorParade,that intellectually stick with you.
But this is like whatever your drug is, or cigarettes, or food, said Matthew.
Its such an endorphin rush because everyone in the theater is so happy and youre laughing.
Youre out here every day!
How many times have you seen the show?
Tonights nine, said Matthew.
she said, as if she were the owner of a small-town diner.
I need a chuckle-chuckle.
I came in an on-theme outfit (overalls, pigtails), and I was not the only one.
I spied a girl and her gay or a gay and his girl in matching washed-out denim.
They put on their pins and started riffing.
Why dont you come up and shuck me in the ass sometime?
he said, doing anAlaska-asMae West impression.
I got shucked last night, actually!
The audience members were losing their minds.
The whole thing is like an elaborate30 Rockbit full of dad jokes on nitrous oxide.
(The rest are mostly about corn.)
Other jokes are Mitch Hedbergish bait and switches: A grave mistake was burying Grandma on a slope.
The next time I looked over, he was throwing his head back in laughter.
The man sitting next to me released a knowinghmmmany time the show made a reference to the townsfolks Christianity.
Half an hour in, he was slapping his knee at the punch lines like a cartoon prospector.
In the first act alone, the audience stopped the show to applaud jokes around a half-dozen times.
On the street after the show, people were grouped in little bunches.
I passed someone saying, I was smiling the whole time!
The jokes werent hitting as hard as yesterday, said Matthew.
I could not imagine how the jokes could hit any harder than they did.
Bosner told meShuckedhas used skepticism about the show to its advantage.
The expectation was, and continues to be, so low for people, he said.
We overdelivered on what they thought they were gonna get.
All we can do is kind of create this mystery of,What the hell is this thing?
Maybe knowing the plot doesnt ruin it at all.
I checked in with Matthew again: He has now seen the show 13 times.
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