AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE 2024 Previews — Page 4

Are there any seating sections to avoid for this show? Are there any sections better than another? How is row G? is it obstructed in any way? Looking to get tickets for May but want to be sure I don’t end up buying anything obstructed.

scripps said: "I won the lotto for tomorrow evening's performance but can't use one of the tickets. The seat is inrow A section 200s even.PM me if interested."

Are the lottery seats no longer standing? May try to enter for the next week then. I don’t mind the “****ty” seats in this venue cause you can still enjoy the play from anywhere. Thought todaytix might have done a rush but eh.

Video: https://twitter.com/hosseinisgeckos/status/1768475100767006929

Evidently it was climate protestors.

https://twitter.com/McHenryJD/status/1768460374087537027

Naturally the protestors were filming themselves and posted their own video:

https://twitter.com/hosseinisgeckos/status/1768477758491861069

Updated On: 3/14/24 at 11:20 PM

In this scenario, what would have been the correct protocol? Ushers escorting the protester out? Security? Should the stage or house manager use the PA system to inform the audience that's not part of the production and ask the protester to leave?

It's a small theater so I was surprised not to see any ushers in the video.

We are in an era where activism has become synonymous with clout chasing. When your protest has been reduced to throwing soup at paintings and interrupting Broadway shows full of people who have zero to do with policy change, you've already lost LONG before this.

Like the "uncommitted" movement, these people don't and won't show up at the ballot box regardless. They whine and cry and stamp their feet, but think protesting the one means we have to ACTUALLY affect policy change is a moral stance. It's quite the opposite, actually.

Adam Feldman from Time Out was there, as this was a press performance, and documented the experience and interviewed one of the protestors:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/activists-disrupted-an-enemy-of-the-people-on-broadway-last-night-and-mayhem-ensued-031524?fbclid=IwAR3iZDdamCsBe5kMApWnURtKnnzwXOjoLU2XyPCLz6nFXGwVxmu0RtGeT9I_aem_ATui94MIVfyyEQ_3PTzNJOQSEdqfhETCHujmaMQ1fXSp_Lh5DQJiypwAAZFajuFLtGU#ltssmebgcalgrmr0g2l

Watching the video of this incident makes me very worried. This protestor had virtually no pushback until Imperioli had to leave the stage and take control of the situation himself.

The ushers are useless. No one is paying attention.

I pray this is a wake up call for the theatre owners to get properly trained security in the auditorium before something truly terrible happens.

Wick3 said: "Thank you for the article, Kad. Feldman wrote:

"When a third activist stood up and startedshouting, much of the audience shouted back at him. He was in the middle of a row,and harder to silence. On the voice-over advice of stage management, the actors cleared the stage."

FINALLY the voice-over was used to tell the actors to clear the stage and inform the audience that that is not part of the production. They could have done that in the beginning when that man walked towards the stage. If this was a press performance, does that mean the protestors were comp'd tickets?

Since the play isn't officially 'frozen' yet, will they change beginning of act 2 and not ask audience members to go on stage?"



Seeing as the show had reviewing press in, it was of course "frozen".

Also press performances doesn't mean that the entire house is comped. Press rarely make up more than 5-10% of the house. Everyone else either paid for a ticket, or was used by producers as a "seatfiller" to dress the house. I'm guessing that since they know which seats the protestors were sitting in, they'll look them up (unless they paid cash) and "red flag" the ticketing software in case they try to pull this sh*t at other shows.

He was also a journalist who was present for a newsworthy event that would be extensively covered anyway.

Kad said: "He was also a journalist who was present for a newsworthy event that would be extensively covered anyway."

He could have reported on the event and not given a voice to the protestor.

I am shook by people on social media who are criticizing Imperioli for physically escorting the guy out. This is madness and someone is going to get hurt if this is encouraged.

Updated On: 3/15/24 at 12:41 PM

DaveyG said: "Adam Feldmangiving a platform to one of these protestors is mystifying to me. A quote from the article (from Feldman’s perspective):

”Disrupting shows doesn'tseem likean effective solution to the problems described. And I'm certainly not in favor of further disruptions of An Enemy of the People, or any other production. (I was already annoyed enough at this performance by someone unwrapping a candy very, very slowly in the seat behind me.) But this one particular disruption, at this one performance, struck me as kind of perfect. So I wanted to find out more about the people behind it. ”

Interrupting a Broadway performance on press night is “kind of perfect”, Adam? Shame on you. This will only encourage more people to do the same. And I am terrified that the tactics will escalate and someone will get hurt."

It's not encouraging people when he specifically says it only sort of worked at this performance, not at any other or any other production. You might not be so upset if you didn't ignore the relevant part of the quote you yourself posted.

Wick3 said: "Normally ushers are quick to point the flashlight at anyone recording but in this case, we didn’t see any ushers or flashlights."



I think folks are being way too hard on the FOH staff here. This was a clearly confusing situation that could have possibly presented major safety risks. Ushers are not security guards. Hell, at some of the nonprofit houses, ushers aren't even employees.

Updated On: 3/15/24 at 12:58 PM