FLOYD COLLINS to be given Broadway revival by Lincoln Center

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:05am

Directed by Tina Landau; previews begin March 27 ahead of April 21 opening

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:07am

Great news. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:10am

Major!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:16am

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:21am

omg

[Kad]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:23am

Well, it's no Flahooley revival...

[inception]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:28am

This will need major stars to sell.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:38am

inception said: "This will need major stars to sell."

There is exactly ZERO chance they’d do this show without knowing this and planning accordingly. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:39am

It’s also a non-profit production with subscribers. 

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:39am

I'm screaming!!!!! What a season for musical revivals: Gypsy vs Sunset vs Floyd Collins!

[someoneinatree2]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:41am

Saw Colton Ryan in concert a few months ago, and he mentioned that this was a dream show and role (or roles -- I remember him talking about both Homer & Floyd)

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:43am

I've never even heard of this musical but all your reactions are getting me a lil pumped

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:44am

Wow. One of my favorite scores on my favorite stage in the city. This is huge.

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:44am

ljay889 said: "It’s also a non-profit production with subscribers."

...the biggest subscriber base in the U.S.

This is wonderful news.  And I'm glad Landau is back to direct.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:45am

someoneinatree2 said: "Saw Colton Ryan in concert a few months ago, and he mentioned that this was a dream show and role (or roles-- I remember him talking about both Homer & Floyd)"

Wouldn’t sell a single ticket. 

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:46am

Dude.  Calm down with your money obsession.

[Jesse St. James]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:48am

Steven Pasquale is in Floyd Collins, thats why he’s not doing JRB’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil which has plans for Broadway

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:50am

I don't think you're understanding how LCT operates. 

But this stage is giant, so I'm so curious how they stage this.

[inception]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 10:56am

verywellthensigh said: "ljay889 said: "It’s also a non-profit production with subscribers."

...the biggest subscriber base in the U.S.
 

People sign up for memberships. They are not subscribers. Members still have to then decide to purchase tickets to each show.  At a discount yes, but they have not already purchased tickets with their membership.  I live on the West Coast & bought a membership the last two years.  But I haven't purchased tickets to everything they put on.

Camelot closed early despite the large membership. 

 

 

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 11:11am

Camelot was scheduled to close June 25, extended until Sept 3, but closed July 23. It performed its original run. 
Floyd Collins will be fine, and thinking a show of this nature needs huge stars is ridiculous. 

[barcelona20]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 11:29am

Jesse St. James said: "Steven Pasquale is in Floyd Collins, thats why he’s not doing JRB’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil which has plans for Broadway"

If this is true, which part?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 11:33am

ljay889 said: "Camelot was scheduled to close June 25, extended until Sept 3, but closed July 23. It performed its original run.
Floyd Collins will be fine, and thinking a show of this nature needs huge stars is ridiculous."

FLOYD COLLINS is the type of risky musical that a nonprofit like LCT should be producing. Especially coming on the heels of plays starring Robert Downey Jr. and Steve Carell. It is also a much smaller show than their other recent musical revivals (unless they expand the orchestration or cast size for Broadway) and it likely has no intentions beyond its Broadway run.

CAMELOT was a different beast and I don't imagine anyone within LCT felt that it was a successful endeavor, financially or artistically, despite playing through its super-limited original date. LCT and the creative team also had hopes that CAMELOT would have a U.S. tour, a London production, international productions, and possibly a new film adaptation, similar to SOUTH PACIFIC, KING & I, and MY FAIR LADY.

[Owen22]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 11:36am

... I'm not that thrilled that Tina Landau is directing it again...

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 12:40pm

Owen22 said: "... I'm not that thrilled that Tina Landau is directing it again..."

This show is her baby: she wrote the book and co-wrote the lyrics.

While I'd certainly like to see someone like Michael Arden give his FLOYD COLLINS take, I have no issue with her directing it again. It's been almost 30 years since the original, she's one of the best directors working today, it will be a completely different physical production and staging (by nature of the Beaumont), and people like Scott Ellis, Mark Brokaw, and James Lapine have had success revisiting older works years later (not so much Des McAnuff).

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 6/10/24 at 1:08pm

As a fund-raiser in December, the theater is planning a one-night reunion concert of its Tony-winning 2008 revival of “South Pacific.”
 

Holy ****!!! Anyone have any further intel on this, specifically a date?