Federal agencies, parks, museums and monuments began to reopen Thursday morning, after a chastened Congress ended a bitter funding standoff that triggered a 16-day government closure and drove the nation toward the brink of default.
Rebecca Ferguson plays opera singer Jenny Lind in The Greatest Showman. The Swedish actress is known for her leading role as Elizabeth Woodville in The White Queen and earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â Miniseries or Television Film.
In the article that follows and the interview with Brooklyn Eagle writer Peter Stamelman, she sheds light on The Greatest Showman.â âShowstopperâ can be an overused expression, but it can also be perfect, as it is when used to describe Rebecca Fergusonâs extravagantly captivating performance as âthe Swedish Nightingaleâ Jenny Lind in Twentieth Century Foxâs musical hit âThe Greatest Showman.â