Avett Brothers Musical ‘Swept Away’ Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue

Greg Evans

18 June 2024 at 10:25 am·2-min read

Swept Away, the new musical featuring the music of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, will begin performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 29 with an opening set for Tuesday, November 19.

The announcement was made today by producers Matthew Masten, Sean Hudock, and Madison Wells Live.

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Broadway casting will be announced at a later date. Throughout the musical’s development, the cast has included Broadway favorites John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands, both of whom were introduced onstage (along with cast mates Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall) at a recent Avett Brothers concert. The quartet was introduced as “the cast of the soon-to-be-officially Broadway show.”

Swept Away features a book by Tony Award winner John Logan (Red, Moulin Rouge! The Musical), direction by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, American Idiot) and choreography by Tony Award nominee David Neumann (Hadestown).

The Swept Away creative team also includes music arranger & orchestrator Chris Miller, music arranger & orchestrator/music supervisor Brian Usifer, music director Will Van Dyke, set designer Rachel Hauck, costume designer Susan Hilferty, lighting designer Kevin Adams, sound designer John Shivers, and casting director Jim Carnahan, Jillian Cimini, and Alexandre Bleau, CSA.

The synopsis: “Set in 1888, Swept Away follows four survivors – a young man in search of adventure, his big brother who has sworn to protect him, a captain at the end of a long career at sea, and a worldly first mate who has fallen from grace – after a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts. How far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences?”

Wagner Johnson Productions serve as Executive Producers.

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