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Swept Away is a jukebox musical featuring the music of the Avett Brothers, primarily from the album Mignonette. The show's book is by John Logan. It premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2022 before moving to Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. It is scheduled to open on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in late 2024.
The show follows four sailors, who are shipwrecked off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1888. The story is drawn from the 1884 shipwreck which also inspired the Avett Brothers' album.
2024 Broadway
Swept Away the Musical Lyrics
1. Go to Sleep
2. Hard Worker
3. Nothin' Short of Thankful
4. Swept Away
5. Lord Lay Your Hand On My Shoulder
6. Ain't No Man/Lord Lay Your Hand
7. May It Last
8. Murder in the City
9. Complainte d'un Matelot Mourant
10. A Gift for Melody Anne
11. Through My Prayers
12. Satan Pulls the Strings
13. No Hard Feelings
14. The Once and Future Carpenter
15. Swept Away (Reprise)
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