Michael Imperioli Stays in Character to Stop Climate Protesters at Broadway Show

Actor Michael Imperioli didn’t break character when his performance on Broadway was interrupted by climate protesters on Thursday night.

The Sopranos and White Lotus actor plays the villainous Mayor Stockmann in a revived version of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” During a scene in which the mayor holds a town hall, climate protesters rose from their seats and began yelling, “There is no Broadway on a dead planet!”

The play centers on a good doctor who tries to alert the town to contaminated water in its spas. But authorities like the mayor, played by Imperioli, do everything in their power to stop him.

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