Death Of A Salesman, Wendell Pierce

An unidentified woman, who many theatergoers said was under the influence, disrupted Act 2 of Death of a Salesman on Broadway on Tuesday.

I'm not into the royals and my point was we are all complicit in this whirlwind of royal obsession that feeds the tabloids while so much death is around us. The actor, who said he had not spoken to the Duchess since 2019, added: 'It was quite insensitive and offensive that we are all complicit in this sort of palace… I didn't see the interview or know it was about her suicidal thoughts,' he told gossip in the midst of so much death. 'Alright, here's the deal, I'll give you your money back,' he told the woman, who was wearing a fur coat. 'Today 3,000 people are going to die in America from COVID.

A ticket-holder in New York apparently thought it was an audience participation show.

Among its many points of reference in other work, it is the play-within-the-film of Asghar Farhadi’s Academy Award-winning Iranian movie The Salesman and it weirdly over-indexes as a punchline on Cobb, won the Tony Award for Best Play, Miller won the now-retired Best Author of a Play Tony, Elia Kazan won for Best Director, and other awards included the Pulitzer Prize. This person also claims the woman wouldn’t leave the theater without getting her money back, and, before the police came, Pierce told an usher to just grab some cash to get her out of there. He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for the West End production in 2020. It appeared, at first, that she would leave during intermission, but the top of Act II is when things got truly out of hand. [through January 15](https://www.thehudsonbroadway.com/whatson/death-of-a-salesman/), stars the Treme and The Wire star in the lead role of tragic Willy Loman.

Wendell Pierce attempted to deescalate a heated situation during a recent performance of 'Death Of A Salesman.'

After the play resumed, Pierce segued seamlessly back into the role of a lifetime—his first appearance on [Broadway](https://www.vibe.com/t/broadway/) in three decades—an acting job all the more remarkable given the real-life drama that could have derailed the entire night.” The The woman even reportedly demanded a refund, leading Pierce to urge the ushers to give her cash—which didn’t work. But tonight, in the middle of his electrifying performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, he was forced to break character when an irate, seemingly inebriated audience member disrupted the play’s second act so intensely that the action had to be suspended,” the Instagram user recalled. “That Wendell Pierce is one of the great actors of his generation should hardly be a secret. The incident occurred at the Hudson Theatre in New York City and was captured on video by several patrons on social media.

The New York police were called to help remove a disorderly audience member during the Dec. 27 performance of Broadway's Death of a Salesman.

Calls for the cast to clear the stage and angry reactions from disgruntled audience members can also be heard amid the woman’s refusal to leave the [theater](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/theater-0/). Take Me Out also had its no photo or recording policy violated when an audience member posted an image of actor Jesse Williams performing during one of the Tony-winning play’s nude scenes. The now-closed Company saw star Patti LuPone engage in a verbal spat with an audience member over masking during a post-show talkback. “When the house lights came up, he patiently & heroically pleaded with her to leave peacefully despite her insistence that she should be carried out forcefully (she was eventually escorted out by police).” 27 holiday performance disrupted by an audience member who approached the [Broadway](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/broadway-2/) production’s stage and repeatedly engaged with members of its cast, including actor Wendell Pierce, amid the live show. The NYPD was called to the W. [in an Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsxVg5MFJI/) [p](https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsxVg5MFJI/) [ost](https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsxVg5MFJI/). [updated its security protocols](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/jesse-williams-take-me-out-nudity-leak-response-1235146612/) following the incident. [published to TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@deanshareski/video/7182234710184119557), during which Pierce can be seen negotiating with the audience member — first to allow her to stay and then to refund the cost of her ticket — in an attempt to end the disruption and return to the show. No arrest was made. following a 911 call over a “disorderly person,” a spokesperson for the department told The Hollywood Reporter. [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&title=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=1153511048447777) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&text=%E2%80%98Death%20of%20a%20Salesman%E2%80%99%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/%20-%20‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&title=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&title=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&description=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/death-of-a-salesman-disrupted-disorderly-audience-member-1235288672/&posttype=link&title=‘Death%20of%20a%20Salesman’%20Performance%20Disrupted%20by%20Disorderly%20Audience%20Member) [Death of a Salesman](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/death-of-a-salesman/) had its Dec.