In an interview, Gyllenhaal — animated, sincere — did a lot of the talking, and Sturridge — soft-spoken, circumspect, wearing a T-shirt that read “i have just now returned from the other side of the ...

Two weeks ago, Gyllenhaal and his co-star, Tom Sturridge, were sitting on a gold velvet sofa in the lounge of the Hudson Theater, where they would soon resume rehearsal for “Sea Wall/A Life,” paired ...