Shuffle Along was the 1921 Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle musical that became Broadway's first hit with an all-Black cast and creative team, and its 2016 revival packed Audra McDonald, Billy Porter, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Brandon Victor Dixon and Adrienne Warren onto one stage. That company reunites here with director George C. Wolfe and tap legend Savion Glover. If you missed the revival's short run, this is the rare second chance, at a pay-what-you-choose price.
What to expect
A concert staging in the Rose Theater, the steeply raked hall inside Jazz at Lincoln Center, with the cast singing the score's ragtime and jazz numbers backed by a live band and Glover's tap sequences. The evening frames the show's history as part of a festival about San Juan Hill, the Black and Latino neighborhood razed to build Lincoln Center.
Good to know
- The Rose Theater is inside the Deutsche Bank Center at Columbus Circle, not on the main Lincoln Center plaza.
- Take the A, B, C, D or 1 train to 59 St–Columbus Circle.
- Tickets use a choose-what-you-pay model, and a star-heavy cast means seats go fast.
- Lincoln Center recommends it for ages 8 and up.
- Norm Lewis and Brooks Ashmanskas are also announced in the company.
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Common questions
Is this a full staging of the Broadway show?
No. It is a concert presentation with members of the 2016 Broadway cast, directed by George C. Wolfe with choreography by Savion Glover.
How does pricing work?
Lincoln Center sells these seats as Choose-What-You-Pay, so you pick your price from the available options when you book.
What festival is it part of?
It is part of Lincoln Center's Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival, honoring the neighborhood that stood where the campus is now.
