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The River Cast & Creative

A follow-up to Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, The River is the story of a man and a woman in a remote cabin on the cliffs on a moonless night.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Feb. 8, 2015.

Show Overview

About The River

Tony Award® winner Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway in The River, a spellbinding new play written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Ian Rickson, the team behind the hit play Jerusalem.

A remote fishing cabin, a man and a woman, and a moonless night. The River asks: when we find each other, are we trying to recapture someone we once lost? Erotic, chilling and poetic, The River promises to be the must-see event of the season.

One of Hollywood's biggest stars, Jackman made his Broadway debut as Peter Allen in the musical The Boy from Oz, winning a Tony Award for his performance. He returned to the New York stage to star opposite Daniel Craig in the drama A Steady Rain and in his own extravaganza Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway. On the big screen, he's mostly memorably appeared as Wolverine in six blockbuster films in the X-Men series and as Jean Valjean in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Les Miserables.

Cast

Cush Jumbo
The Woman
The Other Woman

Creative

Written by
Jez Butterworth
Director
Ian Rickson
Set Designer
Ultz
Lighting Designer
Charles Balfour
Sound Designer
Ian Dickinson
Original Music
Stephen Warbeck
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