reestablishes America's sovereignty in a genre it created, but has since lost hold of: it is the modern musical's true and exhilarating ace in the hole." Reviewing a 2016 production, Terry Teachout, writing for the Wall Street Journal, called it "the finest work of American musical theater, not excluding opera, to come along since Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd". Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote, "Mr. Guettel establishes himself as a young composer of strength and sophistication." Recordings The original cast recording was released by Nonesuch Records on March 18, 1997. The following songs are not included on the recording: "And She'd Have Blue Eyes" "The Ballad of Floyd Collins (reprise) (act 1)" "Where a Man Belongs" The finale song is the title track of Audra McDonald's 2000 album How Glory Goes and was also included on Brian Stokes Mitchell's 2006 self-titled album and Kelli O'Hara's 2011 album Always. References External links 1999 Los Angeles Times article about the writing of Floyd Collins 2015 City Center interview with Jesse Eisenberg about Floyd Collins 1996 musicals Off-Broadway musicals Musicals inspired by real-life events Obie Award-winning plays