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    Why 'Constitution' and not 'The Ferryman' should win the Tony for best play

    by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times May 30, 2019 5 minutes

    The 2019 Tony Award for best play has seemingly come down to a two-way race between the season's biggest prize winners: Jez Butterworth's "The Ferryman" and Heidi Schreck's "What the Constitution Means to Me."

    Schreck's drama won an Obie and was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Butterworth's play won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best new Broadway play and was named best play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. The safe money is on "The Ferryman" to add a Tony to its collection, but I'd vote for "Constitution" in a heartbeat.

    I've seen Butterworth's play twice, once in London and then again in New York. The production, directed by Sam Mendes at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is magnificently acted by a large ensemble cast. The big and busy farmhouse kitchen lends this drama, set in Northern Ireland in 1981 with no end

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