While Belflower’s play is clever and insightful, it is also contrived and manipulative attempting to shoehorn almost every feminist hot button topic into one story overlaying "The Crucible": date rape, sexual…

Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor is the Villain, starring Sadie Sink and directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, opened at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 14.  The play centers on an five young women—f…

Seventy-two years after its debut and Tony Award win for Best Play, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has received new life on Broadway. No, not in the form of a revival — the last one in 2016 starred Saiorse Ro…

At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into th…

“John Proctor Is the Villain” is the best play of the season, but even more significantly, it is a feminist masterpiece sure to become one of the defining works of art from and about the #MeToo era. The pos…

But although themes and incidents from The Crucible reverberate throughout this work, you don’t need to be an expert on Miller’s drama to appreciate this one. Belflower’s first Broadway play is a galvaniz…

It’s a testament to the subtle brilliance of Kimberly Belflower’s writing and Danya Tamor’s direction that you can hardly feel the 105-minute, no-intermission runtime of John Proctor Is the Villain. The p…

In John Proctor Is the Villain, Kimberly Belflower flips the American literary canon on its head—and in doing so, she gives voice to a generation demanding clarity, justice, and truth. Set in a rural North Ge…

Kimberly Belflower’s play, on Broadway starring Sadie Sink, gives high school students a chance to prosecute a #MeToo case against “The Crucible.”

In the most energizing and emotionally wrecking drama this season a group of high school students is studying "The Crucible" and processing the #MeToo movement.

Booth Theatre, New York Stranger Things star Sadie Sink takes the lead in a wonderfully written new Broadway show about high schoolers grappling with hot potato issues in 2018 Soaring prices be damned, Broadway…

★★★★★ Director Danya Taymor and a dynamite cast bring Kimberly Belflower’s marvelous new play to Broadway The post John Proctor Is the Villain: A Fearless Gen Z Look at ‘The Crucible’ appeared f…

The Salem Witch trials have, many times over, proven themselves near unbreakable as allegory, starting at least with Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible, in which the goings on in Massachusetts Bay around 1692 …

A group of high schoolers start a feminism club during the height of #MeToo in Kimberly Belflower's play, helmed by Danya Taymor and starring the 'Stranger Things' actress.

The first word spoken in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is “sex,” a portent of things to come. Mr. Smith (Gabriel Ebert), a high school English teacher, has been tasked with handling sex-ed for his junio…

★★★☆☆ Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's play about a high school class wrestling with the themes of Miller's play. The post John Proctor Is the Villain: A #MeToo Conversation with ‘The Cruci…

John Proctor is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, is opening at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 14. Ahead of the company's red-carpet celebration, check out photos from the production, featuring…

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

A buzzy new play takes on The Crucible in a Georgia classroom, Jordan Fisher turns up the heat in Paris, and Ashley Graham steps into the Broadway spotlight for the very first time. From breakout performances t…

'John Proctor is the Villain,' now on Broadway, is just one in a spate of recent plays that offer feminist correctives to 'The Crucible' and 'Death of a Salesman.'

Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck” has a seriousness of purpose that is again dramatically stark, soli…

Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's reexamination of The Crucible at the Booth Theatre.

Shakespeare's Globe announce the cast for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, directed by Ola Ince

Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's reexamination of The Crucible at the Booth Theatre.

Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's reexamination of The Crucible at the Booth Theatre.

INTERVIEW: TINGYING DONG. Tingying Dong is a sound designer, composer, and theatre maker. Dong talks about her early interest in student drama and improv and her eventual training at LAMDA, following a pivot fr…

John Proctor is the Villain, an urgent classroom drama starring Sadie Sink, has extended by two weeks. The Kimberly Belflower play, directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, is now in previews, opens on April 14 at…

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible .

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

John Proctor is the Villain, a play by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, begins performances at Broadway's Booth Theatre on March 20. The production, starring Sadie Sink of Stran…

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

The Salem Witch Trials (and executions) lasted only a little over a year in colonial Massachusetts but is forever a stain on American history. Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, “The Crucible,” tells the fictiona…

In “John Proctor Is the Villain,” the actress is among a group of students studying “The Crucible,” just as the #MeToo movement tears through their classroom.

Sheffield Theatres today announce the full cast for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, which runs from Saturday 1 - Saturday 29 March 2025

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. After a lifetime spent watching her brothers grow rich, Regina Hubbard (Anne-Ma…

The Nigerian Nobel laureate’s story of a royal servant condemned to kill himself after his master’s death has lost none of its enigmatic appeal Sheffield is in luck. The Crucible theatre next month offers a…

Sheffield Theatres today release production images for Little Shop of Horrors. The musical is currently playing at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until Saturday 18 January 2025

At This Theatre: The Al Hirschfeld On November 11, the Al Hirschfeld Theatre turned 100 years old! Back then, it was known as the Martin Beck Theatre, and it stayed that way until June 21, 2003, when the name …

Anne-Marie Duff talks about five of the plays she's appeared in from throughout her career Anne-Marie is on the Young Vic stage in The Little Foxes this winter: https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/the-little-fox…

Sheffield Theatres today release rehearsal images for Little Shop of Horrors. The musical begins performances at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield on Saturday 7 December 2024

Utopia Theatre and Sheffield Theatres today announce the full cast for the city’s first ever staging of Death of the King’s Horseman at the Crucible.

5 Favorite Classic Plays If this was called the Friday 6, Our Town would have made today's list. After purchasing tickets to this season's revival, I got to thinking about older plays that I love. I'm not tal…

Arthur Miller was in the spotlight this week, because of the announcement of a Broadway run this season for “John Proctor Was the Villain,” a riff on “The Crucible,” one of Miller’s most popular plays…

By: David Sheward October 19, 2024: The spring Broadway season is getting more crowded. Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale) will star in Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain, a new play re-ex…

Sadie Sink, best known for her role as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things on Netflix, will star in John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway this spring. The play, by Kimberly Belflower, will begin previews at the…

Rescue dog Tana June will make her Broadway debut in Gypsy in the role of Chowsie, understudied by fellow rescue Indy. Tana June and Indy hail from Homeward Bound, a nonprofit dog rescue in Elkhart, Indiana. U…

Message plays are a pillar of western theater. Our entire theatrical ecosystem is unthinkable without works such as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House or Larry Kramer’s The Norm…

The lights of the August Wilson Theatre will dim at 7:30 PM ET on Thursday, October 10 in his honor. Epstein produced the 2002 revival of The Crucible which played at there (when it was called the Virginia Thea…

Crucible, SheffieldWith few directorial flourishes and a compelling central performance, this bare-bones version of the domestic drama gives the story its full due Perhaps the best thing to do with a play that …

With two new plays opening this autumn, the veteran playwright talks about the risks of writing about real events and the threats to leftwing drama and politics With the world premiere of The New Real, David Ed…

Adam Epstein, who won a Tony Award for producing Hairspray before he was 30 and received other nominations for his work on revivals of Amadeus and The Crucible and adaptations of The Wedding Singer and Cry-Baby…

The Gilded Age, Tony nominee Julian Fellowes' HBO drama series about late-19th-century New York City, has announced new cast members for its upcoming third season, including several familiar to Broadway and Ne…

A slew of new names have joined the third season of HBO's hit drama The Gilded Age. Bill Camp (Broadway's The Crucible), Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, and Lisagay Hamilton will all play key roles in Season 3's …

Crucible, SheffieldAn excellent cast and clever use of movement add up to a fine revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2012 version of the film, directed by Robert Hastie in his final season as the Crucible’s artistic…

After six years at Pitlochry, the admired director known for ‘big-hearted theatre work’ takes reins at major producing centre Sheffield Theatres have appointed Elizabeth Newman as artistic director, succeed…

Cooking as the crucible for family and friendship, as well as self-discovery, is familiar territory in theater and film. Whether it’s Jenna in Waitress working out her personal angst through creative pie reci…

  Jake Minevich has done Shakespeare in every park except the Delacorte. He was in Creed 2, and numerous Off-Off Broadway productions. A Brooklyn-born, military school raised actor that yearns to be on the …

I never thought that listening to a woman undergo a painful gynecological exam would make for compelling theater, but Lucy Kirkwood has proven me wrong. Despite featuring this grimacingly painful procedure at f…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Tony and Olivier-Award winning director Ivo van Hove in all areas. Belgian-born van Hove has built a reputation for experimental revisions of Hollywood and Broadway classics including …

(Nick Ahad’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/10/2024. Magnetic … Anoushka Lucas and Simon Manyonda in The Crucible at Crucible, Sheffield.  Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Crucible, Sheffield Director Ant…

Crucible, SheffieldDirector Anthony Lau brings his fiercely rigorous intellect to bear on this intensely felt love story, with standout performances from Simon Manyonda and Anoushka Lucas There is a particular …

The complete cast is set for Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, starring Rachel McAdams in her Broadway debut. Directed by Anne Kauffman, the show begins performances on April 2 at the S…

By Douglas Mayo Sheffield Theatres have announced casting for Anthony Lau's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This post Sheffield Theatres announces casting for The Crucible first appeared on British …

★★★ THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR, JERMYN STREET THEATRE Witch Hunt play fails to fly An overdue response to 'The Crucible', but very much rooted in its place, if not its time It is no surprise that the phrase �…

Jermyn Street theatre, LondonSet in the year before the events of The Crucible, the volatile children’s games that seed the later hysteria are brilliantly played but the drama is missing We are in Salem a yea…

Allen Barton’s play, and its connection to the cancelling of a new play at Santa Monica College By Steven Leigh Morris Whitney Nielsen in Allen Barton’s “Outrage” (Photo by Maria Proios) Allen Barton�…

Three leading West End/Broadway theater lighting designers are using GLP’s new impression X5 Wash – all supplied by Paul Anderson at Sparks Theatrical Hire – to light current or upcoming shows. Paule Con…

One of the great pleasures of theater is seeing a revival of a classic play not only succeed on its own merits but also be relevant to modern times. Certain works such as The Crucible or Enemy of the People nev…

Literature Live @ Bay Street Theater - Arthur Miller’s Tony Award-winning play THE CRUCIBLE. November 8, 2023: The 15th Annual Literature Live, a highly anticipated production of Arhtur Miller’s Tony Award…

Crucible, Sheffield It takes a while to get going but when it hits its straps, thanks to the cast’s skilful handling of farce, Sarah Tipple’s production from the Roger McGough translation becomes genuinely …

Ahsan Ali is a writer, actor, and filmmaker who grew up in Pakistan, and then immigrated to NYC where he currently resides. Select theater credits: Amir in Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar (American Stage), Natarajan…

Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotHorror-movie witches haunt the unhappy couple throughout this touring co-production. It’s one of many interesting ideas that are dropped too soon There is no shortage of id…

London’s National Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble cast for Roald Dahl’s “The Witches,” a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company. The stage musical is directed by Lyndsey Turner (“T…

Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) has announced the full cast and creative team for the company’s world-premiere production of Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. The cast will feature Brittany Adebu…

The National Theatre’s acclaimed new production of The Crucible transfers to the West End this June for a strictly limited season, featuring Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) as Abigail Williams, Caitlin Fit…

Crucible, SheffieldBilled as an opportunity to reframe Boublil and Schönberg’s original, this is more of a tweak but it is a visually captivating production Last autumn, a theatre company of British east and…

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews the transfer of the National Theatre's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible now playing at the Gielgud Theatre. This post REVIEW: The Crucible, Gielgud Theatre Londo…