Michael Stuhlbarg returns to Broadway after man allegedly hurled a rock at his head
Theater
Alexandra Del Rosario April 2, 2024
Actor
Michael Stuhlbarg
kicked off his newest Broadway show on Monday, a day after a man allegedly threw a rock at the actor’s head on Sunday evening.
The
55
-year-old actor, known for “Dopesick” and “Call Me by Your Name,” previewed his latest play, “
Patriots
,” at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
in New York
City
. Photos published by Getty Images on Tuesday show the star in costume and surrounded by fellow stars, including
Will Keen
and
Luke Thallon,
as they seem to applaud during a curtain call.
Stuhlbarg was “randomly attacked near Central Park” on Sunday, a representative for “Patriots” confirmed in a statement shared with Deadline. The Monday statement added that Stuhlbarg is on the mend and would proceed with the play as scheduled.
A representative for Stuhlbarg did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for confirmation and additional comment on Tuesday.
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A spokesperson for the New York Police confirmed to The Times that officers responded to a 911 call “of an assault in progress” near 90th Street and East Drive in the Central Park precinct of Manhattan at approximately 7:45 p.m. E
D
T on Sunday. Police reported that a 55-year-old man was walking in the location “when he was struck in the head by an unknown object,” which was determined
by
to
be
a rock after a preliminary investigation. Police and prosecutors allege that 27-year-old
Xavier Israel
,
whom the report describes as unhoused
,
//desk, he was called “undomiciled” in the report. is this the best way to render it? let me know plz as i’m not sure of our style on homeless// cdz
hurled the rock at the back of his victim’s head, “causing an abrasion.”
Police say Stuhlbarg
allegedly
chased Israel to the front of the Russian Consulate office
on East 91st Street
, where officers took Israel into custody. He was arrested and charged shortly after
, police said
.
The “Boardwalk Empire” actor
allegedly
refused medical attention at the scene.
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A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney confirmed to The Times that Israel was arraigned in criminal court and granted bail.
we are not saying bail amount cuz it’s complicatedL 50k cash bail, 100k each in insurance and “bond -surety-partially secured”
Israel faces felony charges of assault in the second degree and harassment in the second degree.
In legal documents shared with The Times, an unnamed woman
saidclaims
that the
Israel’s alleged
assault on Stuhlbarg
allegedly
caused “redness and swelling to the back of his head and substantial pain.”
The Times did not immediately hear back from a legal representative for Israel.
A hearing on the alleged assault is set for Friday.
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In “Patriots,” Stuhlbarg stars as late tycoon Boris Berezovsky, the man “behind
Vladimir Putin
‘s chilling rise to power,” a release for the production says. The play is is set in in the early ’90s after the fall of the Soviet Union. Keen stars as Putin
,
and Thallon as Russian oligarch
Roman Abramovich.
“Patriots,” directed by
Rupert Goold
, will officially debut on April 22
,
and will run for
12 weeks
at the Barrymore Theatre.
