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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE
AQUIRES INTERNATONAL LICENSING RIGHTS TO
“SWEPT AWAY”

New York, NY (April 24, 2025) – Producers Matthew Masten, Sean Hudock and Madison Wells Live are pleased to announce that Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) has acquired Swept Away, written by John Logan with music from folk-rock group The Avett Brothers’ catalogue.“To have made it to Broadway with Swept Away was an epic voyage and a success in its own right…Knowing that the show will now continue its journey to audiences across the world is more than what we could have dreamt,” said Scott Avett and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers. “We are grateful and honored to see this haunting story continue its transformation into something much larger and further reaching than we ever imagined over the many years we were writing these songs.”

Owner and CEO of TRW Steve Spiegel said, “TRW is proud to bring John Logan and The Avett Brothers’ Swept Away into our premiere Broadway roster of iconic musical theatre titles. Its hauntingly beautiful, uplifting score provides a riveting backdrop to a searing story of compassion and forgiveness, which we’re excited to distribute to theaters around the world. “

Swept Away on Broadway starred Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., Tony Award nominee Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe, and Wayne Duvall.

To download Broadway production photos, click here.
To download Broadway b-roll, click here.
To listen to the Swept Away digital album, click here.

Live on Broadway, Swept Away, with music & lyrics by The Avett Brothers, was a “spectacular” New York Times Critic’s Pick featuring a score from “The Avett Brothers at their best” (The Daily Beast), a book by Tony winner John Logan (Red, Moulin Rouge! The Musical) and direction by Tony winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, American Idiot).

ABOUT THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE

Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), comprised of TRW Musicals, TRW Plays and TRW Production, was founded in 2006 by Owner/CEO Steve Spiegel. With headquarters in NYC and London and local offices around the world, TRW provides full-service representation on behalf of authors and rightsholders for live-stage performance of their musicals and plays to the global marketplace of school, amateur and professional theatre organizations.

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