Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli do brotherly battle in 'An Enemy of the People.' Read our review of the Broadway drama.
. The story was originally written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen back in 1882, and centers around a man of science who has proof that local contaminated bath water will cause illness and even death. However, the seemingly simple solution of shutting down the baths — built at great expense and meant to lure valuable tourist dollars — becomes not so simple when matched up against the political and financial interests of those with the most to lose.
First staged over 140 years ago, Ibsen’s play feels eerily prescient when performed here and now on Broadway, in an era where truth is constantly discarded for “alternative facts” and more conveniently advantageous narratives. In the hands of writer Amy Herzog, director Sam Gold, and a committed cast, it also is a striking portrait of oppositional forces both strategically manipulative and stunningly violent.stars as Dr. Thomas Stockmann, a man of high moral character and low political savvy.
Jeremy Strong says his father, the anti-Logan Roy, threw himself in front of a car to save him when he was 8
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