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Full-Length Musical, Drama / 2w, 11m
Tina Landau, Adam Guettel
Book by Tina Landau / Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel / Additional Lyrics by Tina Landau
In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he got trapped 200 feet underground.
Image: 2025 Lincoln Center Theater Production (Joan Marcus)
In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he got trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, Floyd fought for his sanity and ultimately his life as the rescue effort above exploded into the first genuine media circus. Reporters and gawkers from across the country descended on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. This haunting musical - one of the most acclaimed in recent years - tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.
Floyd Collins can be performed with a cast of 11 men and 2 women. Doyle, Bishop and Estes can play characters in the Carnival, and the 3 Reporters can play Locals in the first scene aboveground, various roles in the Carnival, as well as the roles of Cliff Roney, Dr. Hazlett, Frederick Jordan and the National Guardsmen.
"Floyd Collins is a work of exhilirating imagination and humanity...Daring, intelligent and almost unbearably poignant." — Cleveland Plain Dealer
"One of the three or four truly great music theatre scores of the last decade." — New York Newsday "A daring and original piece of musical theater...One-of-a-kind, FLOYD COLLINS suggests promising futures for both its creators." — San Diego Union Tribune "Plaintive, often inspired...Adam Guettel is a composer for the new century." — Los Angeles Times "Easy to admire...sometimes ravishing...a clearly gifted [writing] team." — Variety "Compelling...haunting melodies and down-to-earth lyrics." — New York Magazine
Floyd Collins – Lincoln Center Montage
Jeremy Jordan sings “How Glory Goes”
Floyd Collins at Wilton's Music Hall
Floyd Collins – Station Theatre Trailer
Floyd Collins – BoHo Theatre Trailer
Floyd Collins – La Mirada Theatre
1. "The Ballad Of Floyd Collins" - Jewell, Nellie, Homer, Miss Jane and Miller 2. "The Call" - Floyd 3. "It Moves" - Floyd 4. "Time To Go" - Floyd 5. "Where A Man Belongs" - Lee, Doyle, Miss Jane, Bishop, Jewell and the Locals 6. "Lucky" - Nellie and Miss Jane 7. "Daybreak" - Homer and Floyd 8. "The Ballad Of Floyd Collins (Reprise)" - Jewell 9. "I Landed On Him" - Miller 9.5. "An' She'd Have Blue Eyes" - Floyd 10. "Heart An' Hand" - Miss Jane and Lee 11. "The Riddle Song" - Homer and Floyd 12. "Is That Remarkable?" - The Company 13. "The Carnival" - The Company 14. "Through The Mountain" - Nellie 15. "Git Comfortable" - Homer 16. "The Ballad Of Floyd Collins (Reprise)" - Jewell 17. "The Dream" - The Company 18. "How Glory Goes" - Floyd
Full Orchestration Piano Violin Viola (Doubling Violin) Cello Bass Keyboard (Piano, Synthesizer) Harmonica (Chromatic, C# Crossharp) Guitar Percussion Trap Set Anvil Concert Toms Suspended Cymbal Mark Tree Orchestra Bells Washboard High Toms Crotales Vibraphone Concert Bass Drum Wood Blocks (3) Waterphone Ratchet Spoons Small Shaker Rain Stick Gong Pod Wind Chimes Cow Bell Pop Gun Triangle Splash Cymbal Tambourine Eerie Drum Lead Pipes (2) NOTE: On stage guitar part for No. 22: The Ballad of Floyd Collins (Act II Reprise) is located in the back of the Libretto-Vocal Book.
15 Libretto-Vocal Book 1 Piano-Conductor 1 Harmonica 1 Keyboard 1 Guitar 1 Percussion 1 Violin 1 Viola 1 Cello 1 Bass 1 Logo Pack
15 Libretto-Vocal Book 1 Piano-Conductor 1 Logo Pack
Tina Landau is a writer and director whose work has been produced on Broadway and Off-, internationally and regionally, and most frequently at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, where she is an ensemble member. Known for her original, large-scale musical and ensemble work, Tina ...
Adam Guettel is a composer/lyricist living in New York City. His musical The Light in the Piazza (cast album on Nonesuch Records), with a book by Craig Lucas, premiered on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Beaumont Theater in April 2005, following a world premiere at the I ...
Craig Lucas, Adam Guettel
by Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel
Multiple Authors
Michael John LaChiusa