Robert Sean Leonard "At Home At The Zoo"!
The husband and I saw Robert Sean Leonard in "At Home At The Zoo" at the Signature Theater on Thursday night! The theater was full, with an enthusiastic audience. After The New York Times made it a "Critic's Pick", getting seats was nearly impossible. Our tickets for what was originally near the end of the run. However, was it was first extended to
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It's interesting that you mention that you wish you had seen TKAM, as Atticus doesn't fit that reactive roll, but in someways he actually does! The story is entirely from Scout's perspective, so we don't actually learn much about Atticus, as he'd obviously never show his deepest emotions to his eight year old child. Therefore, most of his scenes were reactive in a way. RSL understood that so well, and even he said: "It’s not really his story, it’s Scout’s and Tom Robinson’s and Boo Radleys.”
The only exception to this is obviously the courtroom scene where Atticus makes his closing statement. In the production I saw, Atticus speaks it as a monologue to the audience -as if we were the jury. It was SOOOOOOO powerful, he really held the audience in the palm of his hand, and you could have heard a pin drop where we were just so transfixed. He really has an amazing ability to communicate to the audience (in fact, it moved me to tears!) -I did write full reviews of the two times I saw it -I can send you the links if you'd like to read.
In my opinion, RSL really understands how to listen as an actor, and how to convey emotion and reaction without words -and that's why I think he gets cast in these reactive roles. He can steal the show without saying a word at times!
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