The city here in New York City, Broadway is
back better than ever after the industry, of course
, was completely shut down during the height of the
pandemic and one of the biggest hits of the season
. Shocked is a musical about Corn and Baker.
You recently had the chance to say one of the
show's stars, Tony nominee, Kevin Cahoon. Take
a look. You came to Broadway 29 years ago
. I did. Why would that Kevin 29 years
ago? Think of this moment that you're now nominated
for a Tony. It is a complete life changing
experience, as you said, 29 years ago,
I did my first Broadway show which was Tommy,
who was 22 years old and you know, there
are peaks and valleys and triumphs and heartbreaks in the
show business life that we have chosen, that we
have chosen. And then you see your, it
happened for your friends and you think, well,
maybe this is not gonna be my artistic journey.
Maybe this is not the way the world has planned
this out to be. I was completely gobsmacked,
completely surprised, did not see it coming, but
it is the great honor of my life. Not
only, you know, as an actor in L
A and New York all these years, but also
just for this show and this company. And I
hope that I can be a good ambassador for our
show out into the world and say, come see
, shock you are. And by the way,
Chuck's getting nine Tony nominations, one of the highest
numbers for any of the shows out there. What
do you and the show has only been out here
for a month. I know I know what is
it about this show that is resonating so much with
audiences. Well, so many things. First of
all, it's hilarious. It's the funniest Broadway show
you have ever seen. You feel so much better
walking out than you do walking in. I guarantee
you the score by Brandy Clark and Shane mcanally,
it is so much more than just a country music
score. It is a Broadway score. They are
making their Broadway debuts with this score and when you
leave the theater singing the songs for the next week
or two or three, you know that they have
done something, right? 11 thing, a lot
of people don't know about this show is it took
a long time to get off the ground. Nine
years. Did you ever think that nine years plus
a pandemic that you would finally be here on this
stage doing this? Well, there were many moments
where I thought we wouldn't be here doing this.
Like it took nine years of development, three cities
, Dallas Salt Lake City, the o'neill Festival in
Connecticut upheavals within the creative teams. A pandemic,
as you mentioned, Broadway had completely shut down.
And I feel like one of the reasons this show
has found its moment in the zeitgeist. It is
a tonic for our times. We have come out
of this pandemic. We are all in this theater
together, laughing at jokes that we never thought we
would be laughing at together and it is pure sunshine
. It's the happiest show and down. So for
viewers who are hearing that shock for the first time
, which by the way, it's only been here
for a month, but you can't go anywhere in
New York without seeing ads or publicity for it.
What's it about? What is, what is the
importance of the corn here? Well, at its
heart, it's about a community that's been surrounded by
a wall of corn. Um No one's ever come
in, no one's ever gone out. And now
the corn has started to die. So they are
faced with a dilemma. Do we go out to
get help? Do we allow someone to come in
to help us? That's all I can say.
Or I will be fired from my job. However
, I will say that mayhem and sues and um
you are on a hay ride of your life.
Thanks. Yes. And of course, nine Tony
nomination shocked it's currently running on Broadway at the Meter
Lander Theater right here in New York City. You
can visit shock musical dot com for more info on
tickets and of course, stay tuned for more of
my interview with Tony Nominee, Kevin Cohoon. It's
airing on trending right here on shutter news that'll be
airing in the next couple of weeks. We got
an exclusive backstage tour of everything on this. But
one thing, I'm so shocked and surprised that it
took nine years for this show to happen. Kevin
and the writers who made the music and the script
and they didn't know over the course of that nine
years that it would take this long for this show
to actually come to fruition. Uh And the fact
that, um as I mentioned, 29 years coming
to Broadway, he finally gets a Tony nomination for
this role. He waited nine years for and the
play has been out for about a month. It's
about a month and it's always mcintyre was there last
week and she would like, lost her mind apparently
. And I was saying this to you. It's
very hard to get inside these theaters. So,
congratulations. All right. We got a lot more
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