Emilio Madrid
Dont worry, theater fans.
Like, I don’t know if I want to put myself through that ever again.
So I was being a bit dramatic on social media, but the feeling was that it was like…

John Gallagher Jr. and the company of ‘Swept Away’.Credit:Emilio Madrid
I don’t have much more of this in me.
So it’s definitely set me back a step.
But never say never, obviously.

John Gallagher Jr. as Mate in ‘Swept Away’.Emilio Madrid
Usifer, who also produced the cast album, explains.
We’re trying to signal something is not right here, something is wrong.
Hes losing his mind and disassociating, he says.

John Gallagher Jr., Wayne Duvall, Stark Sands, and Adrian Blake Enscoe in ‘Swept Away’.Emilio Madrid
“The matrix breaks in that moment,” Usifer points out.
“They could have gone this way, but they went that way.
Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)washes ashore on Feb. 7.
Listen to Gallagherperform “Satan Pulls the Strings” here.