Floyd Collins is making its Broadway premiere this spring at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater with Tony Award nominee and Broadway favorite Jeremy Jordan taking on the titular role. Jordan is joined by singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine who is making her Broadway debut as Nellie Collins. The two of them along with the rest of the leading cast spoke with Broadway Direct about bringing the musical to Broadway for the first time.
In addition to Jordan and McAlpine, the cast features 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 as well as Kevin Bernard, Dwayne Cooper, Jeremy Davis, Charlie Franklin, Kristen Hahn, Happy McPartlin, Kevyn Morrow, Zak Resnick, Justin Showell, Colin Trudell, and Clyde Voce.
Floyd Collins, a musical with book by Tina Landau, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, additional lyrics by Tina Landau, and direction by Tina Landau, is based on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925. While chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he gets trapped 200 feet underground.