With Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli, and drinks on the house.
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As the play recommences, the space between performers and spectators is naturally, potently blurred.
We are all, always, in this together, but were not always made to recognize the fact.
Not $20 for a souvenir sippy cup of wine bars realbars.
Why dont they stay open after the show or open before?
Whatever the case, the gesture is as profound as it is pleasurable.
Their two leads are also a real asset here, and not for their famous names.
Theres a casual quality to Imperiolis performance that becomes more and more insidious as the show goes on.
His Peter Stockmann doesnt like to raise his voice.
What is there to say?
he asks his houseguests after revealing his discovery.
The people, hes confident, will be glad to know the truth.
Pollution from nearby tanneries has seeped into the groundwater, flooding the baths with harmful bacteria.
Like Everyman or Job, Dr. Stockmann is gradually abandoned and anathematized by almost everyone he trusts.
I always aim for moderation, says Aslaksen, with a half-smile oily enough to fry potatoes.
Herzog doesnt need to hammer home the twinges of resonance in Ibsens text.
Dr. Stockmanns tragedy is that of the accidental activist.
Its this very lack that will catapult Dr. Stockmann into the fray.
As the public forum of the plays fourth act advances, Herzogs rendering of Ibsen becomes particularly searing.
As you see, hes always been incapable of nuance.
Herzogs rendering of Ibsen is particularly searing here.
The freedom to speak your mind is sacrosanct in our town.
Herzog finds something much deeper, much more tender, and much less individualistic.
You know where the ground is.
An Enemy of the Peopleis at Circle in the Square Theatre through June 16.
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