Escape to Margaritaville - 2018 Broadway History , Info & More
Marquis Theatre (Broadway)
210 W. 46th St. New York, NY 10036
From last year's Tony Award-winning director CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY and music's favorite storyteller JIMMY BUFFETT comes "the feel-good musical that finds the joy of living in the moment" (Chicago Sun-Times).
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE is the musical comedy featuring both original songs and your most-loved JIMMY BUFFETT classics, including "Fins," "Volcano," "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and many more. With a book by Emmy Award winner GREG GARCIA ("My Name is Earl," "Raising Hope") and Emmy nominee MIKE O'MALLEY ("Survivor's Remorse," "Shameless"), this electrifying new production is choreographed by Tony Award nominee KELLY DEVINE (Come From Away, Rock of Ages) and directed by Tony Award winner CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Come From Away, Memphis).
Welcome to Margaritaville, where people come to get away from it all - and stay to find something they never expected. Get ready for the hilarious and heartwarming new show The Los Angeles Times calls "Pure escapism! Filled with brilliant songwriting." Come join us in a tropical paradise. Get your tickets today!
Escape to Margaritaville - 2018 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Escape to Margaritaville
Review: Jimmy Buffett's 'Escape to Margaritaville' feels out place on Broadway — where sand and Parrotheads can be hard to find
7 / 10
It all felt indicative of the challenge this musical - which I first reviewed in Chicago and has been significantly improved since then - faces on Broadway. Unless you are three sheets to the wind, you cannot declare this 'Mamma Mia'-style fusion of the Buffett oeuvre and a retro sitcom book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley to be a font of artistic innovation, or any innovation, really. It attempts no such thing.
Jimmy Buffett’s music comes to Broadway and, well, the beach party’s a dud
5 / 10
Yes, Jimmy Buffett, it's your own damn fault. Oh, I know, you had help in the commission of 'Escape to Margaritaville,' the lamely antiseptic musical that had its official Broadway opening Thursday night at the Marquis Theatre. But it's your songs that book writers Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley have spun into this insufferably dumb show, about a beach bum guitarist who falls for an environmental scientist while his bartender buddy suffers flashbacks filled with tap-dancing life insurance agents. (Yup, you read that right.)
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Escape to Margaritaville History
Other Productions of Escape to Margaritaville
| 2017 | Regional (US) |
World Premiere Production at La Jolla Playhouse Regional (US) |
| 2017 | US Tour |
Pre-Broadway Tour US Tour |
| 2018 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2021 | US Tour |
Non-Equity Tour US Tour |
Escape to Margaritaville - 2018 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Escape to Margaritaville |
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