Okay, so, this just occurred to me to post this, because I saw Salesman back in February, but I figured it was about time. (Incidentally, I made sure my friend and I got first row seats because I know the play, so I was expecting the crying scenes, so, yeah).

Anyway, Andrew Garfield is PHENOMENAL. Like, I love him anyway, but I have never seen any actor cry so convincingly in my entire life - in movies, in plays, anywhere.

Basically, there were two scenes where he teared up - his voice got shaky, and from where we were sitting I could see tears in his eyes - and two where he *completely* broke down.

The first one is the scene where he finds his father having the affair, and... oh my God. He was just kind of standing there with his mouth wide open, and then the tears started splashing onto the stage. It was kind of incredible, actually, and I think I just sort of gaped at him. He bawled really, really loudly, and for a long time, and his face was completely convulsing, and then - I can't imagine how difficult this was to do - he had one calm scene, and then had to come back and do the next break down scene. Eek. I can't even imagine that.

The second scene in a way is almost sadder, because although we didn't get to see his face (his father was holding him), his sobs were audible again and I stared a bit too attentively to see if his shoulders were shaking, which it looked like they were, but I couldn't tell. Also, two fun facts - my friend and I waited at the stage door, and when he came out to sign our stuff, his eyes were red and puffy; and two, all of the women sitting around us were crying pretty obviously by the end - like making sniffly noises and wiping at their faces and stuff.

Anyway, yeah, it was lovely! I have a couple of other good theater obs too (most plays have at least one good moment in them, if you sit close enough to get a look at the actors' eyes), though none quite as good as this one.