Cave explorer Floyd Collins got trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky 100 years ago and later died. The incident drew national attention and helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

The magical elixir of celebrity proves unhelpful, and maybe even fatal, to the title character in “Floyd Collins,” the 1996 musical being produced on Broadway for the first time by Lincoln Center ...

Roger Brucker in Crystal Cave. Western Kentucky became the site of a media sensation in 1925 when a man named Floyd Collins ended up trapped 200 feet underground. A revised third edition of a book ...

CAVE CITY — When Floyd Collins was trapped inside Sand Cave a century ago, it’s unlikely anyone thought there would be a musical produced about his life. On Saturday though, cast members of SKyPAC’s ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick One of the wonders of this glorious-sounding new Broadway production is how far from claustrophobic this Kentucky cave saga feels. By ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Floyd Collins was pinned under a rock while exploring a cave in 1925. That history, recounted in song, is now on Broadway. By Annie Aguiar When Roger ...

On January 30, 1925, cave explorer Floyd Collins made history when he became trapped while exploring Sand Cave near historic Mammoth Cave. It took nearly two weeks to reach Floyd who was found dead of ...

Tickets are on sale for "Floyd Collins," which will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York on April 21. The musical is about a 100-year old tragedy of a Western Kentucky man trapped in a cave ...