Top 5 Dead or Alive: Team Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

This past Broadway season, New York theatre was treated to an explosion of #BlackExcellence. That explosion was Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. Long on title, long on talent. Through a perfect shitstorm of factors (that a lot of us are not so secretly side eyeing) this fantastic show takes its final bow on July 24th, depriving the world of the best Broadway cast of all times. Before we go back to #BroadwaySoWhite business as usual, I had to throw it up for the baddest crew from east to west coast. But what about Hamilton? We ain’t talking about Hamilton. It’s Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed time. Get with the program or stay outta grown folks’ business. So let’s give it up for Top 5 Dead or Alive: Team Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. And put some respek on that name because you’re getting the full title every time. The Elite

1) “Jesus was a carpenter, Savion, laid beats Whole Cast flow the Holy Ghost, get the hell up out your seats”

You wanna talk about a dream team? Imagine 90 – 91 Jordan, LeBron, Steph Curry, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, plus all the original Harlem Globetrotters on one team. Now dose them all with Felix Felicis and you’d be close to the audacious might that is Team Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. Between them, they’re carryin…