Broadway is about to get it Swept away with a new musical featuring the tunes of chart-topping folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, and PEOPLE has a first look at the cast in action.
After sold-out runs in Berkeley, California, and Washington, DC, the show takes New York by storm this month, with performances beginning at the Longacre Theater on Tuesday, October 29th, before the official opening on November 19th.
Tony winner and Spring awakening alum John Gallagher Jr. leads the cast, reuniting with his ex american idiot Costar Stark Sands to produce. The two will be joined by Wayne Duvall (in 1984) and Dickinson featured Adrian Blake Enscoe, making his Broadway debut.
All four sing “A Gift for Melody Anne” together in the song’s new music video, which PEOPLE can exclusively premiere.
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From L: John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall on Broadway Swept away.
Swept Away: A New Musical Story/YouTube
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Filmed at Holywater, one of New York’s most beloved bars, the clip shows the foursome embracing the show’s nautical theme as they perform their version of The Avett Brothers’ song, which first appeared on the band’s 2004 album. Pet.
Producer Matthew Masten wanted to adapt that album when he proposed the idea of a musical to the band in 2014. Tony-winning writer John Logan, however, ended up inserting songs from their band’s five different albums into the score while writing the musical’s book.
The Avett Brothers even wrote a new song, “Lord Lay Your Hand on My Shoulder,” for the show.
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From L: Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall on Broadway Swept away.
Swept Away: A New Musical Story/YouTube
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As Petthe show is inspired by the real-life story of the 1884 shipwreck off the Cape of Good Hope, which left the four-man crew of a sunken yacht stranded on a lifeboat.
But Swept away moves the action to New Bedford, Massachusetts, adjusting other details of the story to make it original.
The lyrics for The Avett Brothers songs have also been changed, although “A Gift for Melody Anne” remains intact.
“And I just want my life to be true / And I just want my song to be true / And I just want my life to be true / I want my soul to feel brand new,” they sing in the video.
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John Gallagher Jr. on Broadway Swept away.
Swept Away: A New Musical Story/YouTube
Swept away directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, who worked with Gallagher Jr., 40, in Spring awakening and with him and Sands, 46, d american idiot David Neumann (Hadestown) choreography.
Rounding out the cast is an ensemble cast that includes Josh Breckenridge, Hunter Brown, Matt DeAngelis, John Michael Finley, Cameron Johnson, Brandon Kalm, Ric LeBron, Michael J. Mainwaring, Orville Mendoza, Chase Peacock, Robert Pendilla, Tyrone L. Robinson, David Rowen and John Sygar.
Tickets for Swept away they are on sale now.
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