Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

Nurtured as part of Porchlight’s Off the Porch new works initiative and following festival development at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hollywood Fringe and Off-Broadway, this heartwarming and humorous new musical play is set on a soundstage at the infamous 1970 MGM Studios auction. There, dancer, singer and actress Ann Miller revisits the Golden Age of Hollywood and discovers her second act as a Broadway star while filmdom’s treasures — including the legendary “ruby slippers,” the “Cotton Blossom” show boat, Clark Gable’s “lucky trench coat” and more — are sold off to the highest bidder. Featuring selections from the Great American Songbook, this story of personal triumph confronts the impacts that arise when an entire industry is threatened by the never ending march of change.