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Broadway plays are subject to the same interruptions as every other live event these days. Protesters thirsty for attention ruin everything.
During Thursday night’s performance of “An Enemy of the People,” starring Michael Imperioli (Sopranos) and Jeremy Strong (Succession), environmental wackos disrupted the start of the second act. It is reported that there were three climate protesters. They became the enemy of the audience.
The protesters yelled, “No theatre on a dead planet!” to stop the performance. The best part of this bruhaha is that Michael Imperioli stopped and began yelling back at the protesters. How great is that? Baller move, Michael. Actor David Patrick Kelly also yelled at them as the audience applauded the two.
The interruption happened during a tense scene between Imperioli and Strong so some theatre audience members thought Imperioli’s reaction was a part of the play. The protesters were sitting in seats except for the one who stormed the stage.
The New York Post reports that it witnessed one person walk onto the stage at the Circle In the Square Theatre while the tense scene was acted out. He spoke briefly before he was escorted off by security and cast members. One activist fought the ushers who were escorting him away. He nearly fell to the ground in doing so.
The climate weirdo that made it on stage had some thoughts to share.
“I am very, very sorry to interrupt your night and this amazing performance. I am a theater artist,” he said.
