Jeremy Strong
as Doctor Thomas Stockmann
Overall8AActing 8ASinging 8ADancing 8A
OverallTony nomination: Best Revival of a Play7B
An Enemy of the People
Circle in the Square (Broadway)
Last show I saw here made cornbread during the show to serve at intermission with chili. This play only had a "break" between acts, but that flew a bar onto the stage that gave out free shots for those willing to try to get down there and back in 5 minutes.
Score breakdown
Book7BLyrics7BMusic7BDirection7BSetTony nomination: Best Scenic Design of a Play7BCostumeTony nomination: Best Costume Design of a Play7BChoreo7BLightingTony nomination: Best Lighting Design of a Play7BSound7B
Performer notes
About the show
Set in a small Norwegian spa town, Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE is about Doctor Thomas Stockmann, a man of principles who discovers that the spa's water is poisoned. He naively expects the mayor to greet the truth with gratitude, but the town's political machine will brook no threat to its prosperity, even if it means letting thousands of people be sickened. Doctor Stockmann becomes a whistleblower, and the public campaign against him mounts, setting up a moral battle between a lone truth teller and a society desperate for self-preservation.