In for a corn-y time: 'Shucked' now playing at the Peace Center
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Peace Center is hosting the Tony award-winning, Broadway show 'Shucked' this week.
This comedy musical follows small-town farmer Maizy as she leaves her home in Cob County to find a fix for the town's failing corn crops.
The Wall Street Journal calls the show 'flat out hilarious' with its quirkiness and corny puns.
'So, there's all kinds of things that happen,' said Miki Abraham, who plays Cob County's local whiskey distiller Lulu. 'There's weddings that don't happen. There's mistaken identity. There's all kinds of the standard musical theater things that we all know and love.'
The show is recommended for ages ten and up.
'Shucked' will be at the Peace Center this week, with its final show on Sunday, March 16.
'Along the way you just kind of discover that we have more capacity for love than we think we do, and change isn't as scary as we think it is,' Abraham said.
Tickets can be purchased at the Peace Center's website or in person.
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