. >> rose: we continue this evening with george c. wolfe and savion glover and the broadway production "shuffle along." >> it was the first time a women's chores dance and cinco pays, i.e. jazz dance, so if you think it's i'm wild about harry versus give our regards to broadway which is square, so it changed the expression and was a crucial link. so when we talk about show boat being the first musical where there is serious subject matter and westside story and oklahoma, "shuffle along" needs to be added to that conversation. the aftermath of older older and musical on broadway when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with our continuing coverage of the orlando attack. 49 people were shot dead when omar mateen opened fire the pulse dance club in orlando saturday night. he was s

it was written and directed by george c. wolfand choreographed by savon gloverrer. >> the most challenging thing about creating a musical is making sure the buoyancy maintains no matter what. even when you have something like anytime west side story" or "sweeney todd" the energy of buoyancy has to push it all the way through. all the way to the curtain. there is a story that huby blake tells that george gershwin lifted the note of "i got rhythm" from a pit player after sheeg "shuffle along." he lifted those notes and he stole them. i'm not saying what he did. i'm not saying that he didn't. >> rose: somebody said it. >> huby plac said it. it became an interesting thing. and it becomes a tap dance that savon choreographed of him playing the instrument, and him dancing out the fact in theory somebody lifted his notes. and he becomes-- gilbert said "shuffle along" is filled with joyous rage and this number becomes a manifestation of that. >> rose: how about this? this is from chris jones writing in "the chicago tribune": >> it's extr

. ♪ ♪ about harry")d ♪ charlie rose: journey me now is the writer and director george c wolfe.horeographer. i'm pleased to have them back. welcome. togetherou two get question ma? we had worked together since noise funk and when i started working on this project i knew i needed him. it was the perfect thing first worked together on. there were so many innovations that shuffle along had in 1921. it was the first jazz score. the first time a women's chorus danced. the music and the dance felt in 1921.vative i wanted to figure out a way to make it feel fresh and vibrant and innovative for new eyes. charlie rose: to most people know about shuffle along? george: nobody knows about it. making $9p at makin million. they changed syncopation. paul robeson was in the cast. josephine baker. it changed the face of broadway. i kept doing all this research. i saw a pictorial history of broadway that went from the 1890's until 1957. it had 10 pages of photographs and then at the end it said and also that season shuffle along. i became intrigued by how could , georgeg so monumental jean nathan

♪ he is wild about me ♪ ♪ [applause] charlie rose: joining me now is the writer and director george c wolfeeographer savion glover. i'm pleased to have them back. the last time they were here, they were separate. welcome. how did you two get together? george: we had worked together on noise funk and when i started working on this project i knew i needed him. someone to share the vision. it was the perfect thing first to work together on. there were so many innovations that shuffle along had in 1921. it was the first jazz score. the first time a women's chorus danced. the music and the dance felt very innovative in 1921. but those don't apply in 2016. i wanted to figure out a way to make it feel fresh and vibrant and innovative for new eyes. charlie rose: to most people know about shuffle along? george: nobody knows about it. may, and in 1921 in ended up making $9 million. it was ridiculous. they used syncopation. it changed jazz. paul robeson was in the cast. josephine baker. it changed the face of broadway. i kept doing all this research. i saw a pictorial history of broadway that went fro