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''Floyd Collins'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, book by Tina Landau, and additional lyrics by Landau. The story is based on the death of Floyd Collins near Cave City, Kentucky in the winter of 1925. The musical opened Off-Broadway on February 9, 1996, where it ran for 25 performances. There have been subsequent London productions as well as regional U.S. productions. ==Productions== ''Floyd Collins'' premiered at the American Music Theater Festival, in Philadelphia, in 1994.〔Pareles, Jon.("Review:Dreamers and Exploiters in a Slice of Americana", )''The New York Times'', April 18, 1994〕 The show opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, New York City, on February 9, 1996 and closed on March 24, 1996 after 25 performances. Directed by Landau, the cast included Christopher Innvar as Floyd Collins, Martin Moran as Skeets Miller, Jason Danieley as Homer Collins, and Theresa McCarthy as Nellie Collins, as well as Cass Morgan, Brian d'Arcy James, Matthew (Matt) Bennett and Michael Mulheren. The musical won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, and the 1995-1996 Obie Award for its score. In 2003, a reunion concert was held at Playwrights Horizons with Romain Frugé as Floyd Collins and most of the original cast. After a three-stop mini US tour in 1999, including San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, Chicago's Goodman Theatre, and Philadelphia's American Music Theatre Festival, where it had first premiered;〔("Floyd Collins, the Guettel-Landau Musical, Has Resurfaced for a National Tour", )''Playbill'', March 10, 1999〕 the show had its first independent regional production at New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO in November 1999. The show made its London debut at the Bridewell Theatre in July 1999, with Nigel Richards as Floyd, Anna Francolini as Nellie and Craig Parnell as Homer. The production was directed by Clive Paget.〔Jennett, Mark.("Floyd Collins" ), culturevulture.net, accessed February 20, 2009〕 A London revival was produced at The Vault, Southwark Playhouse in February and March 2012.〔Official London Theatre. ("Floyd Collins" ), OfficialLondonTheatre.com. accessed February 10, 2011〕 The production was directed by Derek Bond, with Glenn Carter as Floyd, Robyn North as Nellie, Gareth Chart as Homer and Ryan Sampson as Skeets. The production was produced by Peter Huntley and was long-listed for the Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Awards 〔(London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012 - Longlist revealed, October 29, 2012 )〕 and won Best Musical Production at the 'Offies'the Off-West-End Awards.〔(The Stage )〕 A Chicago revival was produced at BoHo Theatre in June and July 2012.〔Teachout, Terry. ("The First Great Post-Sondheim Musical" ), wsj.com, accessed 23 June 2012〕 The production was directed by Peter Marston Sullivan, with Jim DeSelm as Floyd, Jon Harrison as Homer, and Sarah Bockel as Nellie. ''Floyd Collins'' had its North Carolina regional premiere in August 2011 at the Carolina Actors Studio Theatre in Charlotte.〔(Toppman, Lawrence (April 16, 2012) “Musical 'Floyd Collins' a hole new ballgame” ), ''Charlotte Observer''〕 The finale song is the title track of Audra McDonald's 2000 album ''How Glory Goes'', and was also included on Brian Stokes Mitchell's 2006 self-titled album. In June 2015, the production will be premiering at the (Ophelia Theater ) in Astoria, NY. The production was directed by the Artistic Director of (Ophelia Theatre Group ) and features an intimate and immersive staging within a newly renovated black box space. 〔http://www.opheliatheatre.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Floyd Collins (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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