AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE 2024 Previews — Page 3

MemorableUserName said: "yyys said: "Funny you asked, it was almost laughable. They did use a prop for this scene....sorry I don't know how to put spoiler content :)

Thanks for the response! Sad (or funny?) that they couldn't get the moment to work either.

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fwiw I thought the staging of this moment was what worked best.

I would skip the first row (marketed as Floor seats).

Not sure where in row G you’re looking but I was in G-426 and that stovepipe kept getting in the way of the actors faces. They’d stop walking right behind that pipe in my line of sight. So I’d avoid that seat and the ones in a line below it, but everywhere else looked totally unobstructed.

I kept loosing the lottery for this show. I went to the box office at 5pm. I purchased a standing room ticket for an 8pm performance (on a Friday). The play started very late (8:10pm). The managers and ushers were giving out sheets of paper to move to actual seats since they were empty at the last minute (given to the standing room crowd).

The play started very late (8:10pm)

That's not "very late" in any capacity.

I can't help but like Strong, and he's already had a mini-moment like this with his New Yorker profile, but it often feels like his Bradley Cooper (baseless) ridicule moment is somehow coming. Internet snarks cannot handle this kind of honesty and actor-y self-absorption.

I saw it this past Saturday afternoon ... line was long going in at 1:50pm. I thought I'd avoid the crowd and stroll right in by arriving so late but no. I had a lottery ticket in the second row on the floor. I saw others standing on rails but they were all moved to seats that were empty at showtime. It was exhilarating to be so close to the stage.

While I was entertained, I think there are some pacing and staging issues that I did not like and hope these get fixed.

The leads are terrific but David Patrick Kelly might've been my favorite though I went for Jeremy Strong.

Audience members are on stage for a short time -- they were given tickets if they were selected to do so .. probably as someone suggested, based on the ease to get on and off the stage. The couple next to me was selected and they were so excited about it. Those guests are told to leave their leftovers on the stage or table.

It took a long time to get out of the theater from my seat in the second row so if you are rushing somewhere choose a seat much further up.

rachelfran said: "I saw it this past Saturday afternoon ... line was long going in at 1:50pm. I thought I'd avoid the crowd and stroll right in by arriving so late but no. I had a lottery ticket in the second row on the floor. I saw others standing on rails but they were all moved to seats that were empty at showtime. It was exhilarating to be so close to the stage."

I was also at the Saturday matinee and was one of those standing at the rails. Everyone in my section of SRO was moved to seats except for me. The usher counted and pointed to the five of us who were getting seats. She told us five to follow her. However, some tall guy who was not initially selected pushed in front of me and got what would have been my seat. The usher saw this and came over telling me she would find a seat for me. However that didn’t happen. This five second interaction didn’t irk me at all and I was perfectly fine standing. But what did irk me was there was plenty of open seats once the doors closed that I could have been moved to. Nearly an entire row on the other side of the stage was open, at least four open seats to the right of me, and a row to the left that was used just for people to put their jacks on the seats. I planned to ask to move at the pause but the ushers were nowhere to be found (assuming they were all helping with the bar).

lopside said: "Jeremy Strong Isn’t Sure He Knows Who He Is

This Strong interview is fascinating. He simultaneously takes himself so seriously and also,not at all."

Thanks for the head's-up. Here's a gift link.



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/10/magazine/jeremy-strong-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.NDDi._lTryCHc3_1x&smid=nytcore-android-share

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Rex Ere said: "I can't help but like Strong, and he's already had a mini-moment like this with his New Yorker profile, but it often feels like his Bradley Cooper (baseless) ridiculemoment is somehow coming. Internet snarks cannot handle this kind of honesty and actor-y self-absorption."

Oh that reputation was solidified with the New Yorker profile, and with people like Hathaway and Chastain coming to his defense for his working strategy. If it works for him, that's great. But the general public can't help but view this as eccentric behavior. (And sometimes it IS eccentric behavior!)"

People called Joaquin Phoenix crazy. And where is he now? An Oscar winner who commands $20m. Jeremy could head in that direction.

Scripps I am interested in the ticket but it won’t let me DM you.

Hi there…if for some reason this does not work out I would also be interested in the ticket! :)