About the Show

Jeremy Jordan stars as a trapped cave explorer in this Tony Award® nominated musical based on true events.

In rural Kentucky in 1925, cave explorer Floyd Collins dreams of turning his discovery—Sand Cave—into a tourist attraction. But while chasing fame and fortune underground, he becomes the attraction himself, trapped 200 feet below the surface with little hope of escape. As Floyd clings to life with only intermittent contact from above, his family, the press, and the nation become caught in a spiralling media frenzy—marking one of America’s first modern news spectacles.

Floyd Collins features a book & direction by Tina Landau (Redwood, Mother Play) and a folk and bluegrass-infused score by Adam Guettel, the Tony-winning composer of The Light in the Piazza. This Broadway revival stars Jeremy Jordan (The Great Gatsby) in the title role.

Floyd Collins received 6 Tony Award® nominations in 2025, including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Jeremy Jordan, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Taylor Trensch, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, and Best Orchestrations.

Critic Reviews (12)

Critic’s Pick:" 'Floyd Collins' reaches the sublime, and that is a rare achievement in any work of art."
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"Comedic quips keep the musical from sinking into bleakness, and Guettel’s folksy bluegrass score, complete with yodeling, is a remarkable one."
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"The orchestra, directed and conducted by Ted Sperling, is superb; so is the full-bodied singing by Jordan as Floyd and McAlpine as Nellie. "
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"Floyd Collins leaves far too soft an impression. It never really joins its hero in the depths."
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" 'Floyd Collins' remains an intimate tale for such a large theater, although the space has its aptly cavernous aspects."
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"There may be treasure hidden deep in the cave that is “Floyd Collins,” but it may just be too dark and difficult to fully extract it. "
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"Floyd Collins is not a show for everyone—many will mistake its stillness for inertia, the use of negative space for emptiness—but if you surrender to the journey, you will feel everything."
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