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| Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:15 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| THE FERRYMAN A new play by Jez Butterworth Directed by Sam Mendes On Broadway, October 2018 Tickets On Sale March 5 Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street Productions will transfer Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes, to Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street, New York) in October 2018. Developed by Sonia Friedman Productions and produced with Neal Street Productions and The Royal Court Theatre, The Ferryman opened at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2017 to huge critical acclaim. The sold-out transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End will end its twice-extended, year-long run on May 19, 2018 following 410 performances, prior to opening on Broadway in the fall. Tickets for the Broadway transfer of The Ferryman will go on sale March 5 through Telecharge.com. Full production schedule and the 30-plus member cast for The Ferryman will be announced at a later date. Winner of the Evening Standard Awards for Best Play and Best Director, The Ferryman was also chosen recently as the Best New Play at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards in London. Jez Butterworth, whose plays include Jerusalem, Mojo and The River, previously collaborated with Sam Mendes on the scripts for Spectre and Skyfall from the James Bond franchise. Sam Mendes’ New York stage productions include Cabaret and The Blue Room on Broadway, and Richard III, As You Like It, The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard and The Winter’s Tale as part of the Bridge Project at BAM. The Ferryman is set in rural Northern Ireland in 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. The Ferryman is designed by Rob Howell, with lighting by Peter Mumford, and sound and original music by Nick Powell. The associate director is Tim Hoare and UK casting is by Amy Ball CDG. Other members of the Broadway creative team will be announced shortly. The Ferryman was originally produced at the Royal Court Theatre, followed by an immediate transfer to the Gielgud Theatre, by Sonia Friedman Productions, Neal Street Productions & Royal Court Theatre Productions with Rupert Gavin, Gavin Kalin Productions, Ron Kastner and Tulchin Bartner Productions. BIOGRAPHIES: JEZ BUTTERWORTH (Playwright) was born in London in 1969. His first play, Mojo (Royal Court Theatre, 1995), won seven major awards, including the Olivier for Best Comedy. Other plays for the Court include The Night Heron (2002), The Winterling (2009), and Jerusalem (2009). Jerusalem transferred to the West End, breaking box office records for a new play. It won Best Play at the Evening Standard Awards 2010, The UK Critic’s Circle Award for Best Play 2010, before traveling to Broadway where it won Best Foreign Play, at the 2011 New York Critics Circle Awards, and received six Tony nominations, winning two, including Best Actor for Mark Rylance. The River (Royal Court, 2012), transferred to Broadway in 2014, starring Hugh Jackman. Other plays include Parlour Song (Atlantic Theatre, 2008/Almeida Theatre, 2009). Butterworth’s sixth play for the Royal Court, The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes, is currently on stage in the West End in London. It received 24 five-star reviews in the UK press, and won Best Play and Best Director at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2017, and the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Play. His screenwriting credits include Fair Game (winner of the Paul Selvin Award, 2010), Get On Up (2014), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Black Mass (2015), and Spectre (2015). In 2007, Butterworth won the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. SAM MENDES (Director) is a prolific and multi award-winning theatre and film director and producer, who has directed many productions in New York and on Broadway including Cabaret and The Blue Room. Mendes became the first Artistic Director of the Minerva Theatre, Chichester and founded the Donmar Warehouse in the West End, where over ten years as Artistic Director his seminal productions included Assassins, Cabaret, Translations, Company, The Glass Menagerie, Habeas Corpus, The Blue Room, Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night. More widely, Mendes has also directed a number of critically acclaimed productions at the RSC (Troilus and Cressida, The Alchemist, The Tempest), National Theatre (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Birthday Party, The Sea, Othello, King Lear), and in the West End (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Oliver!). In 2003 he co-founded Neal Street Productions and in 2009 he set up the Bridge Project, the first transatlantic classical theatre partnership, between the Old Vic Theatre and BAM, directing Richard III, As You Like It, The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard and The Winter’s Tale. He won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Picture as well as the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for his first film, American Beauty. He has since directed the Academy Award-winning Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, and the Academy Award and BAFTA winning Skyfall and most recently Spectre from the James Bond franchise. He received the Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. The Ferryman received 24 ☆☆☆☆☆ reviews in London. “Fiercely gripping” The New York Times “A shattering feast of intricate storytelling” The Evening Standard “A class of its own” The Times (UK) “Miss this and you’ve missed a marvel” The Telegraph “An instant classic” The Independent “Irresistible storytelling” Sunday Times (UK) “Epic family drama” The Guardian “Magic runs through Butterworth’s brilliant new play” The Observer “A richly absorbing and emotionally abundant play, directed with detailed humane mastery by Sam Mendes” The Independent “The Ferryman leaves you overwhelmed by the power of great theatre” Huffington Post |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: beyondhope 04:46 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - Official_Press_Release 01:15 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I was not impressed by the qualities of either THE RIVER or JERUSALEM. I thought Butterworth had difficulty writing more than one in depth character in both those plays. If THE FERRYMAN has a cast of 30 - I can only hope he manages to give the audience a number of dramatically interesting personalities. | |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: lonlad 07:25 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - beyondhope 04:46 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| What a peculiar appraisal of JERUSALEM, which is a genuine English masterpiece and infinitely richer than THE FERRYMAN. And, ,y god, has at least a half dozen characters of surpassing richness, starting with Johnny. My advice: save your money and steer clear of this one. You'll make us all happy. | |
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| OT: Are you watching Jez's 'Britannica'? | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 08:41 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 08:40 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - lonlad 07:25 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| It's certifiably bonkers, but I can't seem to look away... | |
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| re: OT: Are you watching Jez's 'Britannica'? | |
| Posted by: lonlad 01:48 pm EST 02/10/18 | |
| In reply to: OT: Are you watching Jez's 'Britannica'? - MockingbirdGirl 08:40 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| Bonkers and then some. Yikes! | |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: vegas 05:36 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - beyondhope 04:46 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I loved Jerusalem, and saw it several times. Maybe it was just because of Mark Rylance. I hope The Ferryman has a good cast. | |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: portenopete 04:24 am EST 02/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - vegas 05:36 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I saw it a few weeks ago -with its third cast- and I would say there isn't the star part that stands out the way Rooster Byron does in JERUSALEM. I cannot remember the name of the actor who played the father of the very large family- it was Paddy Considine originally- but he was good, just not dominant over his castmates. The performances that stayed with me the most were Sîan Thomas as Aunt Pat and the actress playing her sister Aunt Meg Far Away. Apologies if I am getting names mixed up. I'm surprised it's getting a transfer. I thought it would be too big a cast for Broadway. Unless they have a major name playing the father? I worry that any names would overbalance the play itself, which is more of a slow burn than JERUSALEM. |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 05:42 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:42 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - vegas 05:36 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I also loved Jerusalem... but was lukewarm on The River. It just wasn't in the same league. | |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: vegas 05:43 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - MockingbirdGirl 05:42 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I agree with you. Even with Hugh Jackman . . . | |
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| re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 | |
| Posted by: Peg 11:12 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - vegas 05:43 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| The London production was stellar. It’s a family drama of the highest order. I can’t imsgine it with an American cast though. | |
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| 30-plus member cast | |
| Posted by: Leon_W 01:35 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN to Arrive on Broadway in October 2018 - Official_Press_Release 01:15 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| Man this will be an expensive play to mount on Broadway with that many people in the cast, it will have to have a long run of well priced tickets to recoup I would imagine. I am elated though, when I was in London I couldn't get tickets to see it so I am excited for the transfer. Hoping it is more the quality of Jerusalem than The River. |
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| re: 30-plus member cast | |
| Posted by: lonlad 07:26 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: 30-plus member cast - Leon_W 01:35 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| Plus a baby and a rabbit and a goose. Maybe Jez's own real life baby, born a few weeks ago to his partner (and onetime FERRYMAN leading lady) Laura Donnelly, can be in the NY cast. | |
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| re: 30-plus member cast and 3 hours! | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 06:49 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
| In reply to: 30-plus member cast - Leon_W 01:35 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| I sacrificed too much time on an evening that goes nowhere. It was not sold out and I got an extremely discounted ticket in the stalls on a Saturday evening. The best parts is the first scene and the last five minutes when ... (sorry spoilers deleted). Why go to the theatre when you can sleep at home for free? |
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| re: 30-plus member cast and 3 hours! | |
| Posted by: lonlad 01:51 pm EST 02/10/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 30-plus member cast and 3 hours! - PurpleMoney 06:49 pm EST 02/09/18 | |
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| So glad you enjoyed it !!! | |
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