Floyd Collins, the 1994 musical that has constructed a permanent recognition on account of an Off Broadway forged recording, will lastly obtain a Broadway staging: The Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical will likely be a part of the just-announced 2024-2025 fortieth Anniversary Lincoln Middle Theater season.
The musical, based mostly on the true and tragic story of a 1925 cave explorer in Kentucky that has lengthy since handed into folklore, joins the beforehand introduced play McNeal starring Robert Downey Jr. on the LCT season Broadway line-up. Floyd Collins will being previews on March 27, 2025 at LCT’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, with a gap night time of Monday, April 21.
LCT additionally introduced its Off Broadway season line-up, which is able to embody The Blood Quilt by Katori Corridor, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, and Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, that includes a brand new model by Mark O’Rowe, directed by Jack O’Brien, each at LCT’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
At LCT’s smaller Clair Tow Theater, the season will embody an LCT3 manufacturing of Six Characters, a brand new play by Phillip Howze, directed by Dustin Wills on the Claire Tow Theater.
Moreover, LCT will produce two particular profit occasions in help of its productions and education schemes: On Monday, December 9, Bartlett Sher will direct a one-night-only reunion live performance on the Vivian Beaumont of LCT’s Tony Award-winning 2008 manufacturing of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, together with unique forged members Kelli O’Hara, Paulo Szot, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Loretta Ables Sayre, Sean Cullen, Victor Hawks, Li Jun Li, Skip Sudduth, and Noah Weisberg.
On Monday, Could 19, LCT’s fortieth Anniversary Celebration on the Beaumont will happen, commemorating 40 years of Lincoln Middle Theater productions and that includes a salute to Producing Inventive Director André Bishop.
Floyd Collins is among the extra uncommon musicals in latest historical past, and never simply due to its offbeat topic. The musical premiered in 1994 in Philadelphia and in 1996 was staged Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, the place it ran for simply 25 performances. Regardless of its abbreviated run, the musical was hailed by critics and has endured as one thing of a cult favourite amongst a fervent fan base. Though there have been subsequent staging in London and regional theaters, the LCT manufacturing will likely be its first main New York staging in 28 years.
The actual life story of Floyd Collins was additionally an inspiration for the 1951 movie Ace within the Gap starring Kirk Douglas.
Full casting and design groups for all productions will likely be introduced at a later date.
Right here’s LCT’s fortieth anniversary season line-up:
McNEAL
Performances start Thursday, September 5
Opening night time is Monday, September 30
On the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Academy Award-winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut on this world premiere play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Bartlett Sher. Good writers borrow, nice writers steal. Jacob McNeal (Robert Downey Jr.) is a superb author, one among our biggest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. However McNeal additionally has an estranged son, a brand new novel, previous axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Synthetic Intelligence. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly good examination of the inescapable humanity – and rising inhumanity – of the tales we inform.
McNEAL could have units by Michael Yeargan & Jake Barton, costumes by Jennifer Moeller, lighting by Donald Holder, sound by Justin Ellington & Beth Lake, and projections by Jake Barton. Jennifer Rae Moore would be the stage supervisor. McNEAL is produced by Lincoln Middle Theater in affiliation with Group Downey. Tickets for McNEAL are on sale now, go to http://www.LCT.org for extra info.
Lincoln Middle Theater gratefully acknowledges Lynne and Richard Pasculano’s visionary management help for McNEAL. McNEAL is made potential partially by the generosity of Dasha Epstein in honor and admiration of Ayad Akhtar’s work. This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Basis New Play Award and developed with help from the LCT Daryl Roth Play and Musical Theater Improvement Program. McNEAL was commissioned by Lincoln Middle Theater by means of the help of Laura Speyer and Josef Goodman.
Floyd Collins
Performances start Thursday, March 27, 2025
Opening night time is Monday, April 21, 2025
On the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Floyd Collins had its world premiere on the American Music Theater Pageant in Philadelphia in 1994. It was adopted by the off-Broadway debut at Playwrights Horizons in 1996 the place it received the Lucille Lortel Award for Excellent Musical. Resulting from its enduring forged recording, the musical has achieved a faithful following through the years. This Lincoln Middle Theater manufacturing will mark the long-awaited Broadway debut of this modern-day basic.
Floyd Collins relies on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925. Whereas chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning Sand Cave right into a vacationer attraction, Floyd Collins himself turns into the attraction when he will get trapped 200 ft underground. Alone however for sporadic contact with the skin world, together with his brother Homer, Floyd fights for his sanity – and, finally, his life – because the rescue effort above explodes into the primary real media circus. Reporters and gawkers from throughout the nation descend on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. Floyd Collins, that includes a haunting exploration of the American dream by Tina Landau and an excellent folks and bluegrass-inspired rating by Adam Guettel, tells the transcendent story of a real American dreamer.
Floyd Collins is made potential with help from Celso Gonzalez-Falla, the Henry Nias Basis whose reward is courtesy of the Edelman Household in honor of André Bishop’s management, and Ida Cole.
The Blood Quilt
Performances start Wednesday, October 30
Opening night time is Thursday, November 21
On the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct The Blood Quilt by Katori Corridor. Gathering at their childhood island residence off the coast of Georgia, 4 disconnected sisters meet to create a household quilt to honor their just lately deceased mom. When their reunion turns right into a studying of their mom’s will, everybody should grapple with a troubling inheritance. Stitched with historical past, ritual, laughter and tears, will their “blood quilt” bind the household collectively or tear them aside perpetually? The Blood Quilt had its premiere at Enviornment Stage in Washington, DC.
The Blood Quilt is made potential with help from the Samuel I. Newhouse Basis and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Belief.
Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
Performances start Thursday, February 13, 2025
Opening night time is Monday, March 10, 2025
On the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
After a number of years overseas, Helena Alving’s son has returned residence. He carries with him a terrifying secret. Ibsen’s Ghosts is a devastating ethical thriller during which concepts of affection, obligation and household are mercilessly put to the take a look at. This spectacular new model, written by one among Eire’s main playwrights, Mark O’Rowe, and directed by Jack O’Brien, grabs you by the throat from the outset and refuses to let go – all the best way to its electrifying climax.
Ghosts is made potential with help from the Samuel I. Newhouse Basis.
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER/LCT3
Six Characters
Performances start Saturday, July 13
Opening night time is Monday, July 29
On the Claire Tow Theater
When some trifling residents storm a famend cultural middle the place they’re not meant to be, all hell breaks unfastened. Wigs go flying. Wounds get opened. An archive explodes. Will the viewers make it out alive? Directed by Dustin Wills, abolition takes on contemporary which means in Six Characters, Phillip Howze’s new play on energy, belonging, and the establishments we construct.
Six Characters could have units by Dustin Wills, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting by Masha Tsimring, and sound by Christopher Darbassie. Victoria Whooper would be the Stage Supervisor.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Reunion Live performance
One-night-only, Monday December 9
On the Vivian Beaumont Theater
On Monday, December 9, Bartlett Sher will direct a one-night-only reunion live performance of LCT’s Tony Award-winning 2008 manufacturing of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, starring unique forged members Kelli O’Hara, Paulo Szot, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Loretta Ables Sayre, Sean Cullen, Victor Hawks, Li Jun Li, Skip Sudduth, and Noah Weisberg, and extra forged members to be introduced. The live performance will happen on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater, adopted by a cocktail social gathering with the South Pacific firm on the Metropolitan Opera Home. The night will help Lincoln Middle Theater’s productions and education schemes. Additional particulars in regards to the night, together with ticket costs, will likely be introduced shortly. 2024 marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the musical.
LCT fortieth Anniversary Celebration
One-night-only, Monday Could 19
On the Vivian Beaumont Theater
On Monday, Could 19 LCT’s fortieth Anniversary Celebration, a one-night-only occasion, commemorating 40 years of Lincoln Middle Theater excellence and a salute to Producing Inventive Director André Bishop, will happen on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater, adopted by a dinner on the David H. Koch Theater. The night will help Lincoln Middle Theater’s productions and education schemes. Additional particulars in regards to the night, together with desk and ticket costs, will likely be introduced shortly.
