There was just one request I made to the artistic group for Shucked: I have to see the corn kickline on the Tiny Desk, or it might probably’t occur. Fortunately, choreographer Sarah O’Gleby got here right down to Washington, D.C. for the recording and made all my desires come true. Shucked is probably the most enjoyable you may have on Broadway this season. There are lots of nice exhibits to see, however if you wish to snigger, Shucked is the ticket. Fortunate for us all, it is happening a nationwide tour within the fall of 2024.

Songwriting group Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally have a lot to say about their admiration for the performers deciphering their music for the stage. “The legend is that I threw a shoe,” McAnally explains, recalling his pleasure after seeing Alex Newell carry out “Independently Owned” for the primary time. “However I additionally threw my e-book with all my music.”

Midway by means of the set, Clark begins singing her lovely ballad written for the present, “Possibly Love,” then Isabelle McCalla takes over as her character, Maizy. “We will present you the transformation that these songs take,” Clark summarizes. “We write quite simple songs and we’re easy singers, and it is superb to see our easy songs and voices changed into this.”

SET LIST

• “Corn”
• “Independently Owned”
• “Possibly Love”
• “Any individual Will”
• “I Do”
• “We Love Jesus”

COMPOSERS

• Brandy Clark
• Shane McAnally

CAST

• Andrew Durand
• Ashley D. Kelley
• John Behlmann
• Isabelle McCalla
• Gray Henson
• Alex Newell
• Kevin Cahoon

MUSICIANS

• Jason Howland: piano, preparations
• 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 Body
• Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Elizabeth Gillis, Mitra I. Arthur
• Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter 
• Audio Assistants: Josephine Nyounai and Hannah Gluvna
• Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Estefania Mitre
• Tiny Desk Staff: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills, Maia Stern
• Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
• Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann