Broadway

Kevin Cahoon’s career has come full circle with the new musical, “Shucked.” “I started by telling jokes to the rodeo announcer when I was 5 years old,” he says. Now, he’s a one-man joke factory in a show about a small town. Even better? He was nominated for a Tony Award for his work.

There’s no “Hamilton” in this year’s competition for Tony Awards.

Thanks to the show’s smart book (by Amber Ruffin and Matthew Lopez), the musical is able to address contemporary issues at a Jazz Age pace. It’s a remarkable feat that plays better than the film’s original ending.

In a big Broadway revival – inventively directed by Michael Arden – it’s also a love story between Frank (Ben Platt) and his wife Lucille (Micaela Diamond). Together, they confront the fallout of the Civil War.

Each night after her show, musical theater hopefuls greet Bonnie Milligan at the Booth Theater stage door, eager to learn how she did it. “What’s your advice?” they ask. “And I say, ‘Every path looks different. There’s no correct way to do this.'”