"Climate Activists Disrupt Broadway Play, Cast Members Stay in Character to Confront Protesters"

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Source: The New York Times
"Climate Activists Disrupt Broadway Play, Cast Members Stay in Character to Confront Protesters"
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Climate change protesters disrupted a Broadway performance of "An Enemy of the People," starring Jeremy Strong, shouting "no theater on a dead planet" as they were escorted out. The play, which has thematic echoes of the climate change crisis, features Strong as a physician who discovers contaminated spa baths in his town. The protest, staged by Extinction Rebellion NYC, confused some attendees who initially thought it was part of the play, and Strong remained in character through the disruption.

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