Jeremy Jordan Gives Life To Dark Tale Unearthed From History

With Guettel’s often sublime score and lyrics that get at the terror, cynicism and, most of all, undying hope against hope well captured in Landau’s book, Floyd Collins might haunt some of those who see it now just as surely as it haunted so many back in ’96. Notice, though, that I don’t say it will haunt everyone who sees it, and that’s simply because this musical is not without flaws, notably an overlong, repetitious book that can challenge patience, and a staging that scatters characters near and far on the massive Beaumont space.