FLOYD COLLINS Previews- Page 2

[macbeth]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 2:58pm

It unfortunately looks cheap (and likely is) - but the score remains glorious and the performances I felt were all in decent shape for a first preview. I think I agree that I'd like to have seen a new team take it on, but such is life. 

They have to get Jeremy out of that chair at the end, LOL. 

Lots of other first preview problems, but I'm hoping to go back after it opens to see what's changed. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 3:53pm

trpguyy said: "Tina Landau wrote the show and directed the original production. I think it’s safe to say that if it was ever going to beproduced on Broadway in her lifetime, she was going to direct it."

Yes and some people are very good at revisiting their earlier work at a later point (George Abbott, Arthur Laurents with Gypsy, Lapine on Falsettos, Scott Ellis on She Loves Me) and others are not (Des McAnuff with Tommy, Lapine with Into the Woods).

It can also be tough when a director is used to staging a show one way and now there's this massive thrust to contend with.

Updated On: 3/29/25 at 03:53 PM

[gibsons2]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 8:24pm

Bought my ticket for this after watching few promo videos of Jeremy Jordan singing. Truly amazing voice. And then found this gem on Reddit: https://i.redd.it/8pehbgegsjre1.jpeg?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Why does the stage looks like it's under renovation and the props look like cat scratching posts? I mean... we've seen some truly minimalistic stage designs in the past years but this looks beyond dreadful. 

Updated On: 3/29/25 at 08:24 PM

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 9:23pm

It’s a sparse/minimalistic set but there are pieces that that rise up throughout,

They haven’t fixed the audio mix yet but the cast is terrific and this really does have a great score. 

Much much younger crowd for LCT too. 

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 9:57pm

Look I LOVE me a minimalist set, but I hope that’s just a bad photo. That looks like the set of a staged reading. You’ve got the Vivian Beaumont stage—use it! 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 12:12am

I've never seen a production of this show before, so I'm not sure really how it's "supposed" to look. But other than how it was staged here, I can't imagine it done much differently (although I might be totally wrong). The stage is obviously enormous and after the first song, Jeremy is mostly confined to the far left side of the stage on his chaise lounge - staging that funnily enough is a lot like how "Dead Outlaw" is. I think I was lucky to have a pretty good seat for this because I can't imagine anything that's just Jeremy - and there's a lot of it - playing well in a lot of the theater. It's a black stage and just a spotlight on this one guy sitting down, it gets swallowed up in that huge space. And while the rest of the staging takes full advantage of the space the Beaumont has, I can't help but think it's just the wrong theater for this.

Now that's just as far as staging goes, because some of the performances are fantastic, namely Jordan who truly moved me tonight. I'm glad he's in a much better show now than "Gatsby" was. Jason Gotay was the other standout to me, as Homer. Some beautiful acting from him tonight, as well. And of course Marc Kudisch in a sadly, thankless role for someone like him. He has only one song that he sings with Jessica Molaskey. He's wonderful here but we really need him in a starring role again soon, just one of Broadway's greatest voices. 

But yeah, I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to going back at some point. And bonus celebrity sighting - Jesse Eisenberg. :)

[Azbroadway16]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 12:40am

Glad to hear your thoughts on the show! Where were your seats for this? Also where would you recommend? Would 1st row Loge be ok?

[bear88]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 1:00pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I've never seen a production of this show before, so I'm not sure really how it's "supposed" to look. But other than how it was staged here, I can't imagine it done much differently (although I might be totally wrong). The stage is obviously enormous and after the first song,Jeremy is mostly confined to the far left side of the stage on his chaise lounge - staging that funnily enough is a lot like how "Dead Outlaw" is. I think I was lucky to have a pretty good seat for this because I can't imagine anything that's just Jeremy - and there's a lot of it - playing well in a lot of the theater. It's a black stage and just a spotlight on this one guy sitting down, it gets swallowed up in that huge space. And while the rest of the staging takes full advantage of the space the Beaumont has, I can't help but think it's just the wrong theater for this.

Now that's just as far as staging goes, because some of the performances are fantastic, namely Jordan who truly moved me tonight. I'm glad he's in a much better show now than "Gatsby" was. Jason Gotay was the other standout to me, as Homer. Some beautiful acting from him tonight, as well. And of course Marc Kudisch in a sadly, thankless role for someone like him. He has only one song that he sings with Jessica Molaskey. He's wonderful here but wereally need him in a starring role again soon, just one of Broadway's greatest voices.

But yeah, I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to going back at some point. And bonus celebrity sighting - Jesse Eisenberg. :)"

So if you’re going to be on one of the far sides, you’re better off on the far left (100 section) than the far right (500) because of how the show is staged?

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 2:13pm

MERCH

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 2:22pm

Now it's there 👍🏻

Updated On: 3/31/25 at 02:22 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 3:33pm

bear88 said: "So if you’re going to be on one of the far sides, you’re better off on the far left (100 section) than the far right (500) because of how the show is staged?"

 

I think it’s C101 that’ll be just a couple feet away from Jeremy and the closest you can get to him. 

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 4:31pm

No wonder they had to fire that orchestra musician, the musician ran off with the set!!

[sr4mjc]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 5:28pm

I unknowingly got seats C101 and C102 in May 😃

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 6:02pm

Actually just looked at the pic i took of the stage last night and it looks like C108 would be the seat nearest where Jordan is set up. 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 6:27pm

It’s hard to describe the numbing sense of dread that settles in about ten minutes into Floyd Collins—and not the kind the show intends. No, this is the specific horror of realizing you’ve committed to two hours of a production that seems hellbent on draining every drop of energy, emotion, and theatricality from its source material.

Whatever haunting intimacy the show was aiming for gets lost in a sea of wasted space. The direction is so inert, it borders on parody. The few attempts to animate the production feel half-hearted at best—like someone told the director they had to “use the stage,” so they paced a few characters around and called it innovation.

This isn’t just a misfire. It’s a case study in how not to mount a musical. Whatever resonance Floyd Collins might have had is drowned here—buried under the weight of its own pretension and a staging so incoherent it borders on cruel. It’s the theatrical equivalent of shouting into a well and hearing nothing back.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 6:50pm

Funny, I’ve been thinking all day about the staging and direction last night and they bother me even more today than they did last night. But I thought (most) performances were great and that’s what stuck out to me most. 

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 7:34pm

BETTY22 said: "It’s hard to describe the numbing sense of dread that settles in about ten minutes into Floyd Collins—and not the kind the show intends. No, this is the specific horror of realizing you’ve committed to two hours of a production that seems hellbent on draining every drop of energy, emotion, and theatricality from its source material.

Whatever haunting intimacy the show was aiming for gets lost in a sea of wasted space. The direction is so inert, it borders on parody. The few attempts to animate the production feel half-hearted at best—like someone told the director they had to “use the stage,” so they paced a few characters around and called it innovation.

This isn’t just a misfire. It’s a case study in how not to mount a musical. Whatever resonance Floyd Collins might have had is drowned here—buried under the weight of its own pretension and a staging so incoherent it borders on cruel. It’s the theatrical equivalent of shouting into a well and hearing nothing back."

F*CK!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 9:49pm

Didn’t she also do the devils wears Prada tryout? Maybe musicals just aren’t her thing.

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 9:58pm

No...that was Anna D. Shapiro. Tina Landau did an admirable job with the SpongeBob Musical, though.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:40am

This was one of my two most-anticipated productions this season, so these reports are crushing disappointments. Doesn't sound like an execution issue that multiple previews will solve - though company confidence always improves even static concepts - sounds like a shocking absence of imagination. I love the Beaumont, when it's used with a poetic eye (hey, my first experience was the Serban Cherry Orchard in my early 20s) so I am always shocked when it's not richly exploited.  I've only seen the show once, brilliantly done at Ithaca College. But I know and love the score

I got a TDF seat for next week.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:53am

Like, where's the set? Did some Julliard student steal it for his drama presentation final?