How Jimmy Buffett Brings 'Margaritaville' To Broadway
The enterprising beach bum's Broadway play opens this month. It may be a jukebox musical, but for Parrotheads, it offers a welcomed escape.
by David Greene
Mar 15, 2018
2 minutes
In the balcony of the Marquis Theatre on Broadway, Jimmy Buffett watches the final rehearsal for his new musical, Escape to Margaritaville. Down below, technicians inflate beach balls, which, in true Buffett fashion, are to be dropped on theater-goers' heads at the end of the show.
The title of the musical, of course, references Buffett's most famous song, "Margaritaville." Like its namesake, the
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