Broadway's 'Swept Away': Avett Brothers' Folk Musical Faces Stormy Seas
TL;DR
"Swept Away," a new Broadway musical featuring songs by the Avett Brothers, opened at the Longacre Theatre, offering a peculiar mix of folk music and a storyline involving cannibalism. The 90-minute show, based on a fictionalized American whaling expedition, struggles to balance its dark themes with the band's melodic tunes. Despite impressive performances, particularly by Adrian Blake Enscoe, the production's second half, set on a lifeboat, fails to captivate, leaving audiences with a strange and unsettling experience.
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