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First Look: Hugh Jackman Returns to Broadway in The River

Cush Jumbo and Laura Donnelly costar in the new Jez Butterworth drama.

Hugh Jackman stars in Jez Butterworth's The River, directed by Ian Rickson, at Circle in the Square Theatre.
Hugh Jackman stars in Jez Butterworth's The River, directed by Ian Rickson, at Circle in the Square Theatre.
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Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman is back on Broadway, starring in Jez Butterworth's new drama The River, directed by Ian Rickson, at Circle in the Square Theatre. The stage veteran stars as an unnamed man who arrives at a lakeside cabin with his new girlfriend and tries to persuade her to go fishing. Things take a dark turn when the woman suddenly goes missing, and just as suddenly reappears. Take a look at Jackman along with his costars Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo in performances at the intimate Broadway space in advance of their official November 16 opening night.

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Closed: February 8, 2015