{"id":133915,"date":"2024-12-06T09:26:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133915"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:26:55","slug":"avett-brothers-musical-swept-away-to-close-on-broadway-after-short-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133915","title":{"rendered":"Avett Brothers Musical \u2018Swept Away\u2019 to Close on Broadway After Short Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/sweptawaymusical.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Swept Away<\/a>,\u201d a darkly elegiac musical <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/11\/theater\/swept-away-broadway-avett-brothers.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">featuring the songs of the Avett Brothers<\/a>, will end its Broadway run Dec. 15, less than a month after opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The musical, about a 19th-century shipwreck and its aftermath, explores the lengths to which human beings will go in order to survive. Although set in fictional circumstances, it is based on a real 19th-century tragedy that led to an important legal case in Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSwept Away\u201d began previews Oct. 29 and opened Nov. 19 at the Longacre Theater. At the time of its closing it will have played 20 previews and 32 regular performances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/17\/theater\/avett-brothers-swept-away-broadway.html\" title=\"\">show cost up to $14.5 million to capitalize<\/a>, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that money has not been recouped. The weekly grosses were consistently well below what it cost to run, which is unsustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSwept Away\u201d is the second new musical of this season to close shortly after opening, following \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/19\/theater\/tammy-faye-broadway-musical-closing.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">Tammy Faye<\/a>,\u201d at a time when new musicals face an ever-more-challenging path on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Avett Brothers have a devoted fan base, and \u201cSwept Away\u201d was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/19\/arts\/swept-away-review-avett-brothers.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">praised<\/a> by the New York Times\u2019s chief theater critic, Jesse Green, who described it as \u201creally about the gravest decisions humans can make, the depths of souls that are darker than the sea\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But other reviews were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/didtheylikeit.com\/shows\/swept-away\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mixed<\/a>, and the musical, like the actual history that inspired it, includes cannibalism, which, although not featured prominently in marketing materials or press coverage, may have been a turnoff for some potential ticket buyers. Broadway is also packed with shows, many of which feature more familiar titles or performers, and \u201cSwept Away\u201d was unable to break through in that crowded marketplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of the show\u2019s songs were featured on the Avett Brothers album \u201cMignonette,\u201d and a cast recording is scheduled to be released in February. John Logan, the Tony-winning author of \u201cRed,\u201d wrote the musical\u2019s book, and it was directed by Michael Mayer, a Tony winner for \u201cSpring Awakening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The 90-minute show centers on four men stranded on a lifeboat \u2014 the only survivors of the shipwreck. They are played by John Gallagher Jr., a Tony winner for \u201cSpring Awakening,\u201d as well as Stark Sands (\u201cKinky Boots\u201d), Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lead producers of \u201cSwept Away\u201d are Matthew Masten, Sean Hudock and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/madisonwellsmedia.com\/live\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Wells Live<\/a> (founded by Gigi Pritzker). Before arriving on Broadway, the musical had runs at Berkeley Repertory Theater in California in 2022 and at Arena Stage in Washington in late 2023 and early 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/05\/theater\/swept-away-broadway-closing.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSwept Away,\u201d a darkly elegiac musical featuring the songs of the Avett Brothers, will end its Broadway run Dec. 15, less than a month after opening. 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