Michael Stuhlbarg Takes Broadway Bow a Day After Being Attacked with Rock in Central Park
The actor's stage appearance comes after he was attacked by a man with a rock in Central Park on Sunday
Michael Stuhlbarg is back on the theater stage after his recent attack.
The Call Me By Your Name actor, 55, took a bow as he returned to Broadway on Monday one day after being attacked in New York City’s Central Park, after he performed in the new play Patriots.
In a video posted on the play’s official Instagram page, Stuhlbarg smiled as he took a bow with the rest of the cast onstage during a standing ovation after Monday’s preview performance of the show at the Ethel Barrymore Theater.
The Boardwalk Empire actor then clapped and looked around at the audience as he continued to smile, before exiting the stage.
Related: Call Me by Your Name Actor Michael Stuhlbarg Attacked by Man with a Rock in N.Y.C.
On Sunday, Stuhlbarg was attacked by 27-year-old Xavier Israel with a rock near Central Park. The New York Post was the first to report the incident.
According to the New York Police Department, Stuhlbarg was struck in the back of the neck by Israel, who was later taken into custody. Police didn’t name Stuhlbarg, however, PEOPLE was able to confirm he was the victim.
A rep for Stuhlbarg did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment at the time.
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The incident occurred at approximately 7:45 p.m. local time as the actor was walking near 90th Street and East Drive. Police said that after the attack, Stuhlbarg chased down Israel and he was arrested at around 8 p.m. The victim was described to have minor injuries which he declined to be treated for.
Israel is homeless and he was on parole for attempted robbery when he attacked Stuhlbarg, the police stated.
A rep for the play Patriots confirmed to PEOPLE after the attack that Monday’s scheduled preview performance would be going ahead.
In the new Broadway show Patriots, Stuhlbarg plays wealthy Russian Boris Berezovsky opposite Will Keep, who stars as Vladimir Putin. The play was created by Peter Morgan, who also created Netflix’s The Crown.
“In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs — and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky,” a synopsis of the show reads.
“When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men,” the synopsis continues.
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