ARTISTS
TINA LANDAU
(book, additional lyrics, and direction)
Writer and director of original works including the musicals REDWOOD and FLOYD COLLINS, and plays including MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, SPACE, and BEAUTY. Her Broadway productions include SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, MOTHER PLAY, and SUPERIOR DONUTS. She co-wrote “The Viewpoints Book” with director Anne Bogart. She has directed over 20 productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where she is an ensemble member. Her work has won Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Lucille Lortel awards, among others.
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ADAM GUETTEL
(music and lyrics)
Composer for LCT’s production of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, as well as a number of other musicals including DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, FLOYD COLLINS, and SATURN RETURNS. His work has been honored with the Stephen Sondheim Award (1990), ASCAP New Horizons Award (1997), The American Composers Orchestra Award (2005) and The Frederick Loewe Award (2024). He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music.
This is the first time that the musical FLOYD COLLINS will be performed on Broadway. But the show has been around for about 30 years. Scriptwriter Tina Landau and composer and lyricist Adam Guettel met in college and began writing FLOYD COLLINS together when they were in their twenties. The show was first performed in New York in 1996 at Playwright’s Horizons, an Off-Broadway theater. A cast recording was made of this Off-Broadway production and the musical gained a loyal following. Since then, the show has been performed all over the U.S. and internationally. Listen to the FLOYD COLLINS Off-Broadway recording on SoundCloud by clicking the image.
Now, FLOYD COLLINS arrives on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater. The cast includes veteran and first-time Broadway performers. One newcomer is singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, who is playing Floyd’s sister, Nellie Collins. She created a vlog about auditioning for the show which you can watch below.
Bringing FLOYD COLLINS to Broadway
Behind the Music
Watch the clips below to hear Jeremy Jordan, who plays Floyd Collins, talk about the music in the show.