You go to your imagination about what are the choices you would make, Duvall says.
And Stark, Gallagher adds, is a very practical human being.
Stark can hold all these worst-case scenarios in a very safe space, Gallagher says.
SHORE LEAVEThe maritime musicalSwept Awaybegins performances at the Longacre Theatre on October 29. From left: Cast members Wayne Duvall, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Stark Sands, and John Gallagher Jr. in costumes by Susan Hilferty.Sittings Editor: Edward Bowleg III.
But thats theoldyou, Sands jumps in.
Right, theres a new me!
Its that thing that inspired Melville and Conradthe exaltation of nature.
IN TUNEThe music of Scott (left) and Seth Avett of the folk-rock band the Avett Brothers was the starting point forSwept Away. “It blew my mind,” says Scott of the script. Scott wears a Gap shirt; Seth, a Bode jacket.
Melville and Conrad were part of his research.
Also helpful was Logans own upbringing.
It blew my mind, says Scott of the script.
BEST MATES“Because the story deals with the harrowing things we do to survive,” saysSwept Away’s writer John Logan, “I knew that the show had to be about redemption.” All four cast members in costume.
Scott wears a Gap shirt; Seth, a Bode jacket.
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WithSwept Away,it was a matter of listening for his characters in the Avetts music.
It blew my mind, recalls Scott Avett of Logans script.
Scott and his brother, Seth, were more amazed by what Loganhadntwritten.
Its a play about desperate times, says the director, Michael Mayer.
And how do you survive?
And what do you do to survive?
And how do you forgive yourself for the things you do when you are facing mortality?
I have read half ofMoby-Dick, he admits.
Once it was all about the knots, I stopped.
He adds: Ive never directed an all-male cast before.
And this chorus of 16 men singing is unbelievable.
Heres something I thought about at 3 a.m., Seth, when I woke up, Scott says.
I was awake at 4:10, Seth says.
How are you hopeful, on your knees, in a hospital on your last days?
All four cast members in costume.
If you look at old Appalachian murder balladstheyre all stories.
Enscoes castmates had been in touch with him the night before.
He isourlittle brother, says Sands.
The four shared a dressing room for the first two productions.
When they set out on Broadway, they plan to share again.
We dont want to be split up at this point, Gallagher says.
Yeah, really, Duvall says.
Cant break up the band, says Sands.
Costume designer: Susan Hilferty.
Associate costume designer: Mark Koss.
