Hugh Jackman is wasting his time, and ours, in ‘The River’

If “The River” was playing some dinky little theater with a bunch of unknowns, it’d be dismissed as flimsy and gimmicky. But “The River” is on Broadway, starring the ultra-likable, ultra-bankable Hugh Jackman. Which means it’s attracting both scrutiny and expectations. Yet the above description still applies: This show is overreaching and underachieving, its hollow...