Prodigal Son: Someone Saw Me

Performances begin January 19, 2016 off-Broadway at NY City Center Stage I.

Prodigal Son
World premiere play written and directed by John Patrick Shanley

with Annika Boras, Timothée Chalamet, Robert Sean Leonard,
Chris McGarry, David Potters

Prodigal Son is a passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley (of Tony, Academy Award, and Pulitzer Prize fame). A 17-year-old boy (Timothée Chalamet) from The Bronx finds himself suddenly in a private school in New Hampshire. He’s violent, gifted, alienated, on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members (Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard and Chris McGarry) wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster?

The world premiere of Prodigal Son marks another exciting step forward in the collaboration between Manhattan Theatre Club and this visceral New York playwright (Doubt, Outside Mullingar).

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[VedankPande]

This guy is good he should play Paul Atreides from Dune someday

[millena]

he makes me want to become an actress with his acting i can't explain it's just a magical thing

[hbxxucu]

No one:
Timothée crying in every single role he gets:

[sydhutcheson]

0:16 am i the only one who doesn’t understand why they’re laughing and thinks what he said is genuinely heartbreaking

[occhialcielo.Occhialcielo]

Oh my God. He was already so good at it. He is a natural born actor. So passionate, so true.

[tach]

That awkward moment when you put an unknown kid in your play and he makes decades older professionals look like amateurs. Seriously, look at the ease! Not a forced gesture anywhere, not an ounce of self-awareness, not a hint of worry about voice projection and how to produce a dramatic effect. He yells, he wipes his nose, his voice disappears in a mumble, he snaps fingers...Wow! An icon is born.

[sofiaalbarran]

After it ended I went "holy shit".

[mary-gxcl]

him yelling "this school was a miracle for me, not because of you but because somebody saw me" was absolutely heartbreaking

[Love-posi]

“ everyone talks to me like I’m the one, I should change, why should I change?! I’ve never even gotten to find out who I am and you want me to change?! That’s crazy!” Hit me HARD

[anouckkd]

actual chills, he deserves all the fame and recognition he has. the pure talent this guy has is insane.

[thenotethief]

Brilliant. He's gonna be big this year.

[iloveyouuuu]

“A grown person decided I was good before I was good.” So many children need to hear this in order to have the will and confidence to lead us towards something better in the future. Their goodness is there, sometimes it just takes someone who’s willing to give them a chance to see it. A good teacher can change a life; they’re the foundation of any loving and caring society. Oh, and Timothée, your acting is brilliant.

[lmaoqasim]

This is when you know someone was born to be an actor.

[emesatv]

I LOVE THAT GLAIVE USED TIM'S CLIP IN HIS SONG OMG

[mikelkindell]

I love how he's so deep in character that he actually starts crying a bit.

[ellenl.r.p.obrien]

I hate how the audience laughs at: 0.17: people dont listen to kids/young people. It's true. One of our biggest issues in society.

[mverde]

Timothee's transformation when acting is breathtaking. I've never seen an actor change so much between interviews and every one of his characters, so talented

Edit: would like to emphasize that I was trying to express how amazed I was at the difference between his personality in interviews etc. and the characters he plays :) not saying he was the best actor I had ever seen but he is very good!

[denisemaguolo]

The fact that the audience laughed when he was 100% serious makes it even better because all he's doing is asking for respect and the reaction was laughter because he's still a kid, i love it and i hate it at the same time

[quincysxbra_]

This guy has a lot of potential. I hope he makes it far

[misquared]

1:06 I didn’t know his voice could go that deep.