After rough start, ‘Shucked’ sprouts a Broadway success story

After rough start, ‘Shucked’ sprouts a Broadway success story

Back in 2015, composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, along with playwright Robert Horn, believed they had a surefire future Broadway hit on their hands. But as is often the case, a New York City theater dream didn’t quite go as planned. The world premiere in Dallas of that would-be hit musical — “Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical” — landed with a lukewarm fizzle. Despite the feeling that the tepidly received premiere sealed the fate of the sho…