Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and Cole Schafer.Photo: Bruce Glikas/Getty Images (2)
The premiere of Broadway’s new musicalShuckedwas a star-studded country music date night!
Kelsea BalleriniandChase Stokes,Kacey MusgravesandCole Schafer,Walker Hayesand wife Laney,Carly PearceandRiley Kingas well asLittle Big Town’sKaren FairchildandJimi Westbrookall stepped out to the Nederlander Theatre in New York City on April 4 for the musical comedy’s opening night.
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Other celebrities in attendance included Little Big Town’sKimberly SchlapmanandPhillip Sweet,Jennifer Nettles,Susan Sarandon,Kristin Chenoweth,Jesse Tyler Ferguson,Justin Mikita,Rachel Dratch,Jane Krakowski,Kathy NajimyandBridget Everett, among others.
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Walker and Laney Hayes.Bruce Glikas/Getty Images
In a recent interview withBroadway World, McAnally, 48, said he’s confident audiences will “laugh” watchingShucked. “We’ve been doing readings of this show for 10 years, I’d say we’ve probably done 30 or 40, and then we’ve also been out of town, it never doesn’t make people laugh, and the music never doesn’t work for people as well,” he said.
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McAnally explained that he and Clark, 47, are “hoping” that audience members “walk away feeling the effects of something bigger than what they think they saw, which is about inclusion, which is about the state of our world, and how love can prevail, and although that’s a really simple and corny message, it’s true.”
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes.Nina Westervelt/Getty
TheShuckedpremiere arrived shortly after the 2023CMT Awardson Sunday, where Ballerini, 29, and Stokes, 30, made theirred carpet debut. “I have a really hot date tonight,” the country star told CMT’s Carissa Culiner on their red carpet preshow.
source: people.com
