"For all its hornpipes and full-throated song, its visual panache and masculine eye candy, “Swept Away,” is among the darkest, most unsparing musicals ever to anchor itself on Broadway"
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“At just 90 minutes, the musical builds excitement, but the characters are left with little time for backstory or growth.”
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“While I admire Swept Away’s sincerity, however, I must admit that I was not ultimately very moved by it.”
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“Despite its creative team’s efforts to lace a capital-T Theme through the work, Swept Away often falls prey to this roteness.”
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“His captivating turn helps keep this adventurous but slow-burning show from drifting unmoored into inertia, before a grim twist sends it surfing into tragic depths.”
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"...unusual but daring show about whalers"
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“People will come to see Swept Away for the music... and they’ll come for the cannibalism... But if they’ve come for a satisfying story, they’ll leave hungry.”
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"The element of confinement is apt, and the ship-in-a-bottle atmosphere jibes with the show’s presentational storytelling. But it’s tough to escape the feeling that the production and the audience are stranded together until it’s over"
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