Swept Away
90 minutes, no intermission
Swept Away - 2024 Broadway History , Info & More
Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
220 West 48th Street New York, NY
When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Mass., the four survivors face a reckoning: how far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences? With music and lyrics from The Avett Brothers (“America’s Biggest Roots Band,” Rolling Stone), whose 2004 “Mignonette” was inspired by an 1884 shipwreck and the struggle of four men to survive, SWEPT AWAY is an electrifying, soul-stirring new musical exploring how facing tragedy can open the door to forgiveness… if only we’ll let it.
Swept Away - 2024 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Swept Away
Broadway Review: ‘Swept Away’ Is Tunefully Lost at Sea
5 / 10
In this 90-minute show, directed by Michael Mayer, the folk-rock score of the Avett Brothers is a rich pleasure (and sung beautifully by a talented cast, particularly its four principals). However, the story (by John Logan) and staging of the ill-fated sailors—on board a whaling ship that leaves New Bedford, Massachusetts, sometime around 1888—creaks a little more ominously.
‘Swept Away’: The Avett Brothers can’t salvage this musical shipwreck (Broadway review)
4 / 10
Despite all this effort, Swept Away hasn’t found a rationale for telling its nightmarish story. We don’t have enough sense of these individuals to care about their fate, and we only get glancing references to larger moral questions that might implicate us, or make us consider how we might respond in such extreme circumstances. The show has the power to shake us up, but then it merely tosses us overboard and sets us a adrift, floating on troubled seas without a clear destination.
Category
Swept Away History
Other Productions of Swept Away
| 2020 | Regional (US) |
Berkeley Rep World Premiere Regional (US) |
| 2024 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Swept Away - 2024 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Pl | Kevin Adams |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musi | Rachel Hauck |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musi | Rachel Hauck |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Kevin Adams |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design | Rachel Hauck |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design | John Shivers |
Videos
