FLOYD COLLINS Reviews — Page 4

There is very good availability every night for this show and he's touring with his band starting next month. Everyone who wanted to see it mostly has by now so it really has no reason to extend. This is not My Fair Lady nor is it Camelot. This will close when they stated it will unless something happens where there is a huge surge of interest, which the Tonys won't do for this one.

Well, this is better than Gatsby, but I don’t think that’s saying a lot. It’s just so dreary and dull. Jeremy Jordan, obviously, and Jason Gotay were very good, but the show itself just isn’t.

I had no idea Nellie was supposed to be going crazy until they literally said it. How Tina Landau could allow Lizzy MacAlpine to perform the character that way is beyond me, and I don’t get the appeal of Taylor Trensch. There were a handful of young people in the audience clearly there for Jeremy (one was wearing a Newsies T-shirt) and Lizzy. Can’t imagine that they loved this past seeing their faves in person. Man, I really hope Lincoln Center gives Ragtime more life than this one.

I've learned that you can't make a persuasive case for this show and its production to those for whom it's a non-starter. This is a niche piece, as filled to the brim with Americana tropes as it is. This small scale tragedy about one man's hubristic error and its consequences just feels precious and inconsequential to some, and I accept that. To me, the searing pain in this story's trajectory - so eloquently manifest in the arc from "The Call" to "When Glory Goes," is the stuff of a perfect human-scaled folk tale. And it breaks my heart, beginning to end. It's filled with narrative surprises, like the bravura act closer, "The Riddle Song," that soars but in a direction slightly arc adjacent, making past prologue. And late we get "Through the Mountain," a pre-11 o'clock spot counterpoint, an art song interpolated to alter the prism, and we experience the nearly ebbed life via startling new poetry ("sky lit up with roses and lemons," "babies dancin' with banjoes in the air..."). It wrecks me. So I'm going again this Wednesday, knowing I'm unlikely to see another production of Floyd Collins in NY in my lifetime.

TheOtherOne2 said: "This production will lead to a cast recording that can not help but be outstanding, and that it will generate interest in future productions. Perhaps not in New York, but certainly at reputable regional theaters."

I sure hope this is the case as I love the show, but the dearth of productions after the original staging and the somewhat muted critical and sales response to this one might discourage others from staging it.

Updated On: 5/25/25 at 11:27 AM

Who saw Zak Resnick’s Floyd debut today?

I had tickets for Tuesday and got a refund with Jeremy out. I bought tickets for Thursday . Couldn’t get the same seats but paid less.

Did Resnick sing the score with twang? I think that's what's missing from Jeremy's voice.

I finally got to see this today. It was just tortuous for me. Just couldn’t wait for it to end.

TheaterMonkey: Melissa25 said: "I finally got to see this today. It was just tortuous for me. Just couldn’t wait for it to end."
I'm genuinely asking this, not trying to be snarky or smart-a$$, but were you familiar with the show beforehand? To me, it's a very niche, cult-classic musical and I wonder if the disappointment many had was due to their unfamiliarity with the material. Just curious!

No I had never seen it before. I did not care for the music in The Days of Wine and Roses but adored Piazza. In fact I just came back from seeing Piazza in Boston last week. I like Americana and heard that the music was more Americana but it just didn’t work for me. I sat in row B, great seats, and could make out maybe 35% of the lyrics. If poor enunciation is “niche” then shame on me for not knowing.

"Nothing in this production/the way they sing the score gives a hint of Americana."

Well, maybe a hint. Broadway has gotten closer to Americana this season in Swept Away (admittedly its songs were not written for the theatre) and Dead Outlaw, and perhaps in past seasons as far back as Big River. Guettel is aiming closer to Aaron Copland. Let's just call it "arty Americana."

Lizzy McAlpine sounds more authentically like Americana than the rest of the cast. That's not a criticism of anyone else. I treasured how beautifully the score was sung by all.

Jeremy Jordan sings ''How Glory Goes''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9b2NKKvOAc

Go back to the show again for the 3rd time on 31st May. Spot Cynthia Erivo in the audience and when the show ends I glance back at her. The woman is crying her eyes out.

I'll say this, it's the best show I have ever seen in my life. Now truly the no.1 and I doubt any show can top this one soon.

It's so strange to me that some of the people do not like the show, even hate it. I wish I had a superpower to reach through the screen and slap some sense into their brains but of course, it's gonna be the case of 'everyone has their own opinion.'

It just couldn't make any sense to me how anyone can have complaints about the show. Slow? To me, not slow enough even. Extend the show to 3 hours and I'll be the happiest man ever.

I think people read too much manga these days. They get used to action-packed, fast-moving pace. Or eating food with monosodium glutamate all over that they forget how the ingredients actually taste like.

About Tony. It seem to confirmed from one of the staff's IG that they will do 'the ballad' + 1 song. I think it's probably How Glory Goes.