Review by Stuart Miller... A searingly funny look at how girls and women are treated on stage and in life.

John Proctor is the Villain, a play centering on an opinionated bunch of high school English students starring Sadie Sink, opened at Broadway's Booth Theatre on April 14. "It's just such a natural, authentic a…

The Booth Theatre was the place to be on Monday night, where Kimberly Belflower's new play, John Proctor is the Villain, officially opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who re…

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The Booth Theatre was the place to be on Monday night, where Kimberly Belflower's new play, John Proctor is the Villain, officially opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who re…

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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…

John Proctor is the Villain is now open on Broadway! Starring Stranger Things' Sadie Sink, Kimberly Belflower's new play is now playing at the Booth Theatre, where it opened last night, April 14. BroadwayWorld …

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Go inside John Proctor is the Villain's opening night on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. The production's Sadie Sink discusses bringing the show to Broadway.

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…

Gaten Matarazzo, Maya Hawke, Finn Wolfhard, and more came out to celebrate Sadie Sink in her latest Broadway outing April 14.

John Proctor is the Villain, starring Stranger Things breakout, Sadie Sink, is now playing on Broadway. Check out photos of the cast taking their opening night bows here!

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…

Taymor’s production is entirely sympathetic — to the characters and to the text. Though thrilling in its refusal to tamp down the show’s sometimes anarchic spirit, it does not ignore the dangers of abando…

“John Proctor” executes sleight of hand very well — it begs us to reconsider the stories, events and people we’re told to trust. And Belflower gives this ensemble of actors wells of nuance to draw from,…

There’s a moment in the play featuring a song by Lorde that elicited in me a dizzy gasp, then an eye-roll, then gave way to a moment of catharsis. In one gesture, it brilliantly tied up the play’s themes, a…

Sink shines in using her physicality here. With more room for her and the other actors to play and relax, there’s potential for this production to be even better. But despite its shortcomings, it’s a stunne…

“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…

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…

Combined, John Proctor Is the Villain not only serves as a modern day recontextualization of the original play, but also a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply affecting examination of girlhood, feminism, the #MeToo…

Kimberly Belflower’s richly textured dark comedy is a funny yet sobering wrestle with Arthur Miller’s classic.

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…

The play by Kimberly Belflower opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre April 14.

Sadie Sink leads an impressive cast in the new Kimberly Belflower dramedy.

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

The first word in this play is “sex.” Mr. Smith says it to his teenage students, asking for its definition, which the class then recites in unison, reading aloud from their textbooks. They’re in a small h…

The moral dilemma at the center of one of the greatest dramas of all-time comes to life on Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, opening tonight! The new play stars Stranger Things breakout, Sadie Sink. Rea…

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…

Theatrely's Broadway review of John Proctor Is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower. Directed by Danya Taymor and starring Sadie Sink at the Booth Theatre on West 45th Street.

Kimberly Belflower’s often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy that opened Monday night at the Booth Theatre could have used another draft. 

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…

There’s something refreshing about seeing a Broadway theater packed with Gen Alpha patrons. Many of them flocked to the recent Romeo + Juliet with barely-twentysomething stars Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, an…

★★★☆☆ 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…

Loren Noveck wanted a little more ambiguity as playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor take down Arthur Miller's hero. The post Review: John Proctor Is the Villain at the Booth Theatre appeared …

April 14, 2025: The current Broadway season, which technically ends this month, has been notably top-heavy with musicals and pencil thin in new plays. However, for those pondering the upcoming awards deliberat…

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.

All new production photos have been released from John Proctor is the Villain, starring Sadie Sink, ahead of opening night on Monday, April 14 at the Booth Theatre. Check out the photos here!

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…

The Broadway production of John Proctor is the Villain will host a special Spirit Week, featuring post-show events for ticket holders and fans. Learn more about the events here!

Sink discussed the shifting theatregoer generations while on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

'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.'

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The event was held April 2 at the Booth Theatre, home to John Proctor is the Villain starring Sadie Sink, opening April 14.

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

John Proctor is the Villain hosted a student matinee performance. Following curtain call, a dance party to Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!” was held for the audience. Check out photos and video here!

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

John Proctor is the Villain, the new play by Kimberly Belflower and starring Sadie Sink, will welcome 750 public high school students from 25 schools in the greater New York City area for a special student mati…

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, The Broadway Show is spotlighting six incredible producers currently ushering in some of the hottest tickets this season: Buena Vista Social Club; Dead Outlaw; Go…

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

The Kimberly Belflower play is now in previews at the Booth Theatre and will play through July 6.

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…

Sadie Sink is back on Broadway this spring in John Proctor is the Villain, but fans need not travel all the way to the Booth. Theatre to watch the stage and screen star in action! Sink stars in O'Dessa, now str…

Sadie Sink is back on Broadway this spring in John Proctor is the Villain, but fans need not travel all the way to the Booth. Theatre to watch the stage and screen star in action! Sink stars in O'Dessa, now str…

Following a sold-out first week of previews, John Proctor is the Villain, the new play by Kimberly Belflower and starring Sadie Sink, has been extended for two weeks. Learn more here!

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

On Friday, Sadie Sink joined TODAY to talk about her latest projects, including the new rock musical movie O’Dessa and the Broadway play John Proctor is the Villain, which is now in previews. Watch the inter…

From “Gypsy” and “Death Becomes Her” to “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain,” the 2024-2025 season highlights women in a refreshing way.

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

Sadie Sink leads the cast of the new play at the Booth Theatre.

The company of Kimberly Belflower’s new play John Proctor is the Villain, including 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink, were welcomed to Shubert Alley by fans after their first performance on Broadway at the B…

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.

Following her return to Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, Sadie Sink is set to appear in the fourth installment of the Spider-Man series, starring Tom Holland as the titular superhero.

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.

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