Shuffle Along Concert With Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell Will Be Broadcast on PBS

Last night, September 27, the short-lived 2016 Broadway musical Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 returned to the stage in a concert version at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. A second performance will take place tonight, and both are being recorded for broadcast and streaming by PBS’ Great Performances.

The program is expected to premiere in 2027, with additional details being announced in the coming months.

Shuffle Along, which made its debut at the 63rd Street Music Hall near San Juan Hill in 1921, was the first Broadway hit with an all-Black cast and creative team. This concert, like the 2016 Broadway show, features original songs by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, original book by F.E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles, additional music and lyrics by Daryl Waters and George C. Wolfe, choreography by Savion Glover, and direction by George C. Wolfe.

The concert stars Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon, Norm Lewis, Adrienne Warren, Brooks Ashmanskas, and Amber Iman and features Darius de Haas, JC Montgomery, Arbender Robinson, and Christian Dante White.

The ensemble includes Lamont Brown, Afra Hines, Curtis Holland, Adrienne Howard, Lisa La Touche, Erin N. Moore, Janelle Neal, Karissa Royster, Zurin Villanueva, Pamela Yasutake, and Richard Riaz Yoder.