Floyd Collins Tickets
About Floyd Collins
Get Floyd Collins tickets and see Tony Award winner Adam Guettel and Tony Award nominee Tina Landau’s landmark musical finally make its Broadway debut. After a hit off-Broadway production and an enduring cast album made in the 1990s, this fan favorite is making its Broadway premiere at last, coming to the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center this spring. Set an alert for when Floyd Collins tickets go on sale with TodayTix.
See Floyd Collins in New York and be transported a century back to the caves of Kentucky. A stirring musical about ambition, the American dream, and human resilience, Floyd Collins is based on the true story of the title character who explored and dove into a cave — and never came back. With a rich score that helped shaped musical theatre, this is a beloved piece that is not often produced. Take an epic journey and see Floyd Collins on Broadway with TodayTix.
Start date
March 27th, 2025
Stars on stage
Jeremy Jordan
Lizzy McAlpine
Floyd Collins cast and creative team
By: Tina Landau
Songs by: Adam Guettel
Director: Tina Landau
Choreography: Jon Rua
Cast list: Jeremy Jordan (as Floyd Collins), Lizzy McAlpine (as Nellie Collins), Jason Gotay (as Homer Collins), Sean Allan Krill (as H.T. Carmichael), Marc Kudisch (as Lee Collins), Wade McCollum (as Bee Doyle), Jessica Molaskey (as Miss Jane), Taylor Trensch (as Skeets Miller), Cole Vaughan (as Jewell Estes)
Sets: dots
Costumes: Anita Yavich
Lighting: Scott Zielinski
Sound: Dan Moses Schreier
Other info: Projection design by Ray Sun, music direction by Ted Sperling
Venue
Accessibility
Wheelchair access, closed captioning, assistive listening
More information about Floyd Collins
Floys Collins is a unique musical in many ways: it’s a bio-musical, one based on a real American adventurer when many today are based on the lives of pop stars. It also has a distinct bluegrass-infused score. Finally, it introduced audiences to Adam Guettel, an accomplished composer who would go on to win a Tony for The Light in the Piazza.
The musical is also a special reunion: bookwriter Tina Landau, a Tony nominee for directing SpongeBob SquarePants, also directed this original production at Playwrights Horizons. She returns now, decades after her career was just starting, to stage the show anew in a bold, thrilling production.
Most of all, the musical is cherished for its enormous heart and how it portrays media sensationalism as Floyd Collins’ disappearance into a cave sparked one of the nation’s first true media storms — here, all woven together by a gorgeous, heart-stopping score.
What to watch for
- Adam Guettel, the composer, has a rich musical theatre history: he is the grandson of Richard Rodgers.
- Floyd Collins was a part of the “Kentucky Cave Wars,” when spelunkers and property owners competed to exploit the bounty of caves for commercial profit from tourists.
- At the Obie Awards, the original off-Broadway show was given the award for Best Music.
- Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote, “Mr. Guettel establishes himself as a young composer of strength and sophistication.”
Frequently asked questions
How do you get tickets for Floyd Collins?
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Which theatre is Floyd Collins at?
Floyd Collins is at New York's Vivian Beaumont Theater - Lincoln Center Theater, which is located at 50 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023.
What is Floyd Collins about?
Get Floyd Collins tickets and don’t miss the Broadway debut of this fan favorite show. See the Floyd Collins musical at Lincoln Center this spring.
Is Floyd Collins appropriate for kids?
An age recommendation is not yet listed, but Broadway houses do not permit audiences under age 4.
Who directs Floyd Collins?
Tina Landau, a Tony Award nominee and a champion of new musicals, directs this Broadway production.
Who wrote Floyd Collins?
Adam Guettel, the mastermind behind The Light in the Piazza, wrote the score. TIna Landau, who also directs, did the book.
Is Floyd Collins good?
Skeets Miller, a character in the play and based on the real-life journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for his news coverage of the rescue mission. The musical itself is also prized: it won an Obie for its score and the Wall Street Journal called it "the finest work of American musical theater, not excluding opera, since Sweeney Todd."
What are the songs in Floyd Collins?
The songs in this show have been covered by Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell. There are ballads, gorgeous orchestrations, and bluegrass-style songs.
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