The Avett Brothers’ Broadway musical 'Swept Away' will close on December 15, less than a month after the show opened at the Longacre Theatre.
Bob Crawford, Scott Avett and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers and the cast perform during the opening night curtain call for the new Avett Brothers musical"Swept Away" on Broadway at The Longacre Theatre on November 19, 2024 in New York City.Mignonette
, follows four sailors, including two brothers, who are struck by a violent storm that tanks their ship near the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts. , where its surviving crew — deprived of food and water — resorted to cannibalism.tepid box office — the show sold just 61 percent of the theater’s capacity on average — as the cause of the closure.
“We are deeply proud of this beautiful production and the years of work that it took to get to Broadway,” the producers said in a statement. “We will forever be indebted to our fantastic creative team, our loyal actors and all of our co-producers and in turn their investors, for believing in this production and taking a risk on new work.
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