Modern Family's Jess Tyler Ferguson returns to Broadway in the role of a lifetime!
Starring five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and directed by Tony nominee Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect, Avenue Q), FULLY COMMITTED is the "hilarious and touching" (Time Out New York) comedy that takes a sharp skewer to the backside of the restaurant biz.
You think you're having a bad day at work? Meet Sam. He covers the red-hot reservation line at one of New York's most exclusive restaurants, juggling desperate diners, scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, celebrity divas, panicked waiters and a fame-hungry chef. And in this side-splitting tour-de-force, Ferguson plays all 40 characters!
There are some 40 people in the play and Ferguson voices all of them, from a mafia wiseguy to an imperious Bon Appetit magazine staffer, to an 86-year-old furniture maker to a Park Avenue socialite. He goes from stuffy French to surfer-guy cool in milliseconds. The 90-minute show...is a triumph of voices and athleticism from Ferguson...The amount of concentration required by Ferguson is impressive and director Jason Moore runs a tight ship. One stray ring or bobbled cue could set the whole thing off, but Ferguson runs through 'Fully Committed' surefooted like an Olympian on an obstacle course.
The immensely likable Mr. Ferguson doesn't quite have the vocal flexibility necessary to impersonate so widely varied a gallery of characters, and so the tour-de-force aspect of 'Fully Committed' isn't fully realized. Even so, his acting crackles with physical energy and comic life, and it won't take long for you to shelve your doubts and buy into his performance. The play itself is a piece of very well-made fluff, a solo farce whose principal subject is the bottomless vanity of the restaurant's customers (and chef) and in which the laughter is pretty close to nonstop. If it's light entertainment you crave, you're in luck.
1999 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2016 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2016 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Jesse Tyler Ferguson |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | Derek McLane |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Jesse Tyler Ferguson |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jesse Tyler Ferguson |
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