As a multitude of new shows open on Broadway, Playbill highlighted a few with our special Spring Preview series, sponsored by Cadillac. In addition to interviews with Josh Groban of Sweeney Todd, Susan Stroman of New York, New York, and more, we also had exclusive performances from some of the springs hottest shows: Shucked, Camelot, and Bad Cinderella. Learn more about our Spring Preview video series below.
Caroline Innerbichler Performs “Walls" from Shucked
The corn-filled comedy Shucked has made a name for itself as a social media fan favorite. For the first video in the series, Caroline Innerbichler, who stars as the atypical ingenue Maizy, stopped by the studio to perform “Walls.”
“Walls” is a song that takes place toward the beginning of Shucked, when the citizens of Cobb County have discovered that their livelihood (growing corn) is being threatened by agricultural disease. “Maizy is thinking about why it’s so hard for them to ask for help,” Innerbichler says. “Why does our pride get in the way?”
Check out the full piece to hear the heartwarming song with country influence, and to hear from Innerbichler on why Shucked is the optimistic show audiences need right now. Click here to view the video.
Jordan Donica Performs “I Loved You Once in Silence” from Camelot
Jordan Donica, currently playing Lancelot Du Lac in the Broadway revival of Camelot, performed the song “I Loved You Once in Silence.” The number is both “romantic and devastating,” in Donica’s words.
A fervent love triangle is central to the plot of Camelot, and the song in question takes place just after Donica’s character has acted on his feelings—a choice that has catastrophic potential. In the original production, “I Loved You Once in Silence” is sung by Guenevere (Phillipa Soo in the revival). But for the reimagined Camelot, the ballad belongs to Lancelot.
“I think this song does a really good job of conveying the same thing [in Lancelot] that it conveys for Guenevere,” Donica says. “You have this feeling towards someone that you don’t really know what to do with. And then you finally do something about it, finally act on it...after you realize all the potential for danger from that action.” And to make this performance even more special, in the Camelot revival, "I Loved You Once in Silence" is slightly truncated, which means that only Playbill readers will get to witness Donica's full rendition of the song.
For more background and Donica’s thoughts on getting to sing this classic song, click here to view the video.
Mike Baerga, Josh Drake, J Savage, Gary Cooper, Dave Schoonover, Ángel Lozada, and Michael Milkanin Perform “Man’s Man” from Bad Cinderella, choreographed by JoAnn M. Hunter
In the last video of the Playbill's Spring Preview series, Bad Cinderella choreographer JoAnn M. Hunter takes Playbill readers behind the scenes to break down her creative process for the song “Man’s Man.” The number features seven of the show’s “Hunks,” the Adonis-type male citizens of Belleville, where beauty standards are everything.
“Man’s Man” is the Hunks’ attempt to get through to Prince Sebastian, the not-so-typically masculine heir to the throne, to be more traditional man. “Sebastian doesn’t want to conform,” Hunter says. “So the idea [of 'Man’s Man'] is the men trying to tell him, ‘But your brother was the best and we try to be like him. Why can’t you be more like him? Because look at us.'”
See the full story to hear from Hunter on why she was searching for dancers with inner strength, not just outward, and what audiences can take away from Bad Cinderella. Click here to view the video.
