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Maybe a Big Mouth Billy Bass would liven up The River

by Catey Sullivan

But all we've got is a murky early effort from Tony winner Jez Butterworth. Playwright Jez Butterworth won the 2019 Best Play Tony Award for The Ferryman, but it's tough to see that coming in The River. You could use words like "nonlinear," or "elliptical," or "opaque" to describe Butterworth's 65-minute play.…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on June 19, 2019