‘The Ferryman,’ an explosive, exhilarating human drama
9 / 10
As a portrait of a vengeance-obsessed culture drowning in its own spilled blood, 'The Ferryman' is a searing social document. As a sprawling human drama, poised on the precipice of a violence that you know is waiting for its beguilingly drawn and assayed characters, it is a riveting work of art. It sprawls, too, in the most exhilarating sense of the term. Jez Butterworth's revenge tragedy, which marked its official opening Sunday night at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, teems with people and the events that divide and imperil them.
