SHUCKED review by thespyinthestalls at Regent's Park Open

New musical Shucked may be corny but it’s terrific fun too – review

We love this time of year: summer is just around the corner, and what better way to take advantage of these long, warm evenings than a spot of live entertainment in Regent’s Park? Kicking off the 2025 season at the Open Air Theatre is Shucked, a new musical that ran on Broadway during 2023-2024 and is now making its European debut in London. The show has a book by Robert Horn, music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and is directed …

SHUCKED review by thespyinthestalls at Regent's Park Open

SHUCKED Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre ★★★★★ “The fun factor is dolloped on as thick as melted butter on crispy corn on the cob” You can imagine exactly whereabouts in the United States Cob County (the fictional location for the musical comedy “Shucked”) would lie. Somewhere on the border of Arkansas and Oklahoma, where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, and the town-folk, dressed like raggedy scarecrows, can’t see beyond the wall of mai…