Video: Jeremy Jordan on FLOYD COLLINS' Genre-Bending Opening Number
From yodeling to a "country-esque kind of vibe," Jeremy Jordan says "The Call" is like "17 different songs all mashed together."
By: Michael Major Mar. 07, 2025
Watch Jeremy Jordan dig deeper into the opening number of Floyd Collins, "The Call." After the music video for the song was recently released by Lincoln Center, Jordan is diving into the song and its meaning in a new behind-the-scenes video.
"'The Call' is like 17 different songs all mashed together," Jordan laughed. "He's going from yodeling, because that's how he kind of gages space underground, into country-esque kind of vibe, into some of the more wistful romanticisms of what could be."
Jordan stars in the title role of the new musical, which features music and lyrics by Adam Guettel. The book, additional lyrics, and direction is by Tina Landau. Watch exclusive footage from inside the revival's first rehearsal here.
Joining Jeremy Jordan in Floyd Collins will be Jason Gotay as Homer Collins, Sean Allan Krill as H.T. Carmichael, Marc Kudisch as Lee Collins, Lizzy McAlpine as Nellie Collins, Wade McCollum as Bee Doyle, Jessica Molaskey as Miss Jane, Taylor Trensch as Skeets Miller, Cole Vaughan as Jewell Estes as well as Kevin Bernard, Dwayne Cooper, Jeremy Davis, Charlie Franklin, Kristen Hahn, Happy McPartlin, Kevyn Morrow, Zak Resnick, Justin Showell, Colin Trudell, and Clyde Voce.
About Floyd Collins
Floyd Collins is based on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925. While chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he gets trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, including his brother Homer, Floyd fights for his sanity – and, ultimately, his life – as the rescue effort above explodes into the first genuine media circus.
Reporters and gawkers from across the country descend on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. Floyd Collins, featuring a haunting exploration of the American dream by Tina Landau and a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score by Adam Guettel, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.
Floyd Collins will have sets by dots, costumes by Anita Yavich, lighting by Scott Zielinski, sound by Dan Moses Schreier, and projections by Ray Sun, with dance sequences by Jon Rua, casting by The Telsey Office, Patrick Goodwin, CSA and music direction by Ted Sperling. Bonnie Panson will be the stage manager. Lincoln Center Theater is producing Floyd Collins in association with Creative Partners Productions and Mark Cortale & Charles D. Urstadt.
