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Monday, October 22, 2018

'The Ferryman' Not Only Has Broadway's Best Ensemble...

www.clydefitchreport.com: You’ve seen precocious children swear on stage before. You’ve seen compromised priests. You’ve seen adulterous adults. You’ve seen a distraught man carrying a corpse. You’ve seen inebriated young men lose control. You’ve seen a gun waved about; you’ve heard gunshots numerous times. You’ve seen rabbits pulled from hidden places. You’ve even seen a goose. What you’ve likely never seen on stage, however, is an actual infant having his diaper changed, or smiling on cue.

1 comment:

Annika Evens said...

Honestly, I had never heard of this show before I read this article, but after reading this article this show is at the top of the list of shows that I want to see. One of my favorite shows is The Humans, and this show reminds me of it greatly because of the idea of a show centered around a family dinner where they talk about issues and their lives. This show interests me in the same ways as The Humans but also in other in other ways because this show adds the aspects of historical context and the issues happening in Ireland and Britain at the time which I find really interesting because the audience gets to see the different views of the time with the different characters. I also think this show is interesting because it adds the aspect of children, seven of them actually. This intrigues me because when children are around it adds a different dynamic because adults sometimes watch what they say around children and also children are not always fully aware of what is happening in the world. I would love to see this show because that dynamic really intrigues me.