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‘Swept Away’ Review: John Gallagher Jr. Steers A Stirring Avett Brothers Seafaring Musical
Deadline's Broadway review of The Avett Brothers musical 'Swept Away.'
As enthralling as it is disquieting, Swept Away, opening tonight on Broadway, is a taut and captivating new folk musical featuring the gorgeous songs of the roots-rock group The Avett Brothers and an impeccable cast headed by John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands. In a fine coup de theatre courtesy of set designer Hauck, the floor of the ship slowly tilts upward, Titanic-like, where it will remain for the rest of the show, hovering above a lifeboat containing the four main characters, the other sailors lost at sea, the survivors’ garb seeming to grow as tattered as their spirits (costumes by the prolific Susan Hilferty). Sands, so good in& Juliet and To Kill A Mockingbird, embodies the story’s moral force without coming across as off-putting or smug, while Duvall captures the tragedy of a man whose long life has left him ill-prepared for what fate has in store.
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