EVIDENCE - MT PRODUCTION The scriptwriters, Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles The writers of the score, pianist Eubie Blake and lyricist-singer Noble Sissle
Not only did Shuffle Along bring jazz to Broadway, it was the first African American show to be a smash hit. It also contained a romantic subplot, which wasn't played for comedy — revolutionary, at the time. And white creators, like George Gershwin, started writing jazz-inflected scores. The success of Shuffle Along in 1921 "ended up paving the way for a slew of Broadway shows**, in its wake,"