Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
ForB4
Understudy Joined: 3/24/17
#1Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 2:27pm
https://twitter.com/TinaLandau/status/1203401455840976898
Excited for this! Never seen a production but been in love with the cast recording for years.
JBC3
Broadway Star Joined: 4/9/17
#2Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 3:02pmVery, very excited. Having seen the show twice at the Goodman in Chicago, I've long hoped it would be mounted again.
#3Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 3:04pm
It's one of the great post-Sondheim musicals. Perhaps Roundabout will produce it.
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#4Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 4:37pmI saw a production here a few years ago, that they even brought Adam Guettel to town to promote. I had listened to the cast recording plenty amd enjoyed it, but as a show it sort of falls flat.
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#5Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 5:14pm
The original Off-way production had a lot going for it. Beautiful score, star-making debut by Benjamin Walker, gorgeous musicianship by the pit band. But it felt like a story that painted itself literally into a corner it could never find its way out of. The progress of Act II went from bleak to bleaker to bleakest, despite the fact that it ends with "How Glory Goes" which is indeed musical theater heaven. I imagine it would be a very tough sell to today's audiences.
meredithchandler73
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/06
#6Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 5:23pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "The original Off-way production had a lot going for it. Beautiful score, star-making debut by Benjamin Walker, gorgeous musicianship by the pit band..."
The original off-Broadway production was in 1996, right? Wasn't Benjamin Walker a teenager then or am I thinking of someone else?
JBC3
Broadway Star Joined: 4/9/17
#7Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 6:36pmEvery season has a musical or two that seems like a tough sell. Fun Home anyone? I think Floyd Collins can find a decent audience for a successful short run, particularly if it pulls a name for the lead and/or is done by a nonprofit house.
#8Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 7:19pm
"The original off-Broadway production was in 1996, right? Wasn't Benjamin Walker a teenager then or am I thinking of someone else?"
Boy, do I apologize for that slip. Just checked my cd and it was Christopher Innvar who played Floyd stunningly. (Also surprised to discover Floyd's brother was played by Jason Danieley and Brian D'Arcy James was in the ensemble.) Funny the tricks your mind plays once you cross 60.
#9Tina Landau says she's working on a revival of FLOYD COLLINS
Posted: 12/8/19 at 7:51pmI don’t care who directs this, it’s about damn time.
