Saturday, May 27, 2023

Dance Review: Scottish Ballet haunts long after curtain closes on ‘The Crucible’ at the Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

When we think of story ballets performed by classical companies, images of princesses, dancing swans, and castles hosting balls come to mind. Not so for The Scottish Ballet’s opening night…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:21PM
Friday, May 26, 2023

Scottish Ballet transforms ‘The Crucible’ into dance magic at Kennedy Center by Guest Author

A powerful story based on Arthur Miller's play at a time when new shadows loom and fear of the unknown and outsiders is on the rise.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:32AM
Saturday, May 13, 2023

National Theatre’s production of The Crucible transfers to the Gielgud Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The National Theatre's production of Arthur Miller's classic play The Crucible is to transfer to the Gielgud Theatre from 7 June 2023. This post National Theatre’s producti…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:56PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

People You Should Know . . . Stan Buturla by Zack Calhoon

Stan Buturla has acted in varied roles such as Coriolanus at The Soho Rep and Teddy in The Homecoming at The Classic Stage Company. He has performed at The Access Theater where he played the…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:54AM
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Off Broadway's "Regretfully. So the Birds Are" by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Chelcie Parry The show: “Regretfully, So the Bird Are” at Playwrights Horizons by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenn…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:12PM
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Here's Who Will Join House of the Dragon's Milly Alcock in The Crucible by Leah Putnam

Lyndsey Turner's Olivier-nominated take on the Arthur Miller play is transferring to the West End this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM
Thursday, April 13, 2023

How a Tiger Fight Scene Comes Together in "Life of Pi" on Broadway by Playbill

Puppetry is hard work! Watch the cast of "Life of Pi" put a scene together, from no props and puppets, to using props and puppets, to the full scene with all effects. "Life of Pi," first a …

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18PM
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Scottish Ballet: The Crucible | May 24 - 28, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/ballet/2022-2023/scottish-ballet/ After stunning audiences in its Kennedy Center debut with its “impressive” (The Washington Pos…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:06PM
Saturday, April 1, 2023

Ballet companies take a page from classic literature and bring it to life by Celia Wren

“The Crucible” and “Anna Karenina” are among the some newer ballets inspired by novels.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32AM
Saturday, March 25, 2023

The Good John Proctor by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Unfortunately, Monohon’s play which takes its cues from Miller’s drama, assumes a thorough knowledge of "The Crucible" and leaves out a great deal of information that would make it easie…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:22PM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Review: A Look at Four Girls' Lives Before the Salem Witch Trials in The Good John Proctor

Bedlam presents the world premiere of Talene Monahon's provocative prequel to The Crucible.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM
Monday, March 20, 2023

Review: ‘The Good John Proctor’ Imagines Girlhood BFFs by Naveen Kumar

The play, directed by Caitlin Sullivan at the Connelly Theater, focuses on two girls in the year leading up to the action depicted in “The Crucible.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:55AM
Friday, March 17, 2023

House of the Dragon's Milly Alcock to Star in West End's The Crucible by Leah Putnam

Lyndsey Turner's Olivier-nominated production is transferring to the West End's Gielgud Theatre this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM
Saturday, March 11, 2023

The Crucible | 2023 West End Trailer by Official London Theatre

The National Theatre’s acclaimed new production of The Crucible transfers to the West End this June for a strictly limited season. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/3mGfrBt Official …

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:45AM
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain Sets Boston Run, Joins Broadway Licensing Catalogue by Logan Culwell-Block

A 2019 selection for The Kilroys List of industry-recommended plays by female and trans playwrights, the work is a riff on The Crucible.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Women, Beware the Devil review – bizarre comedy horror is like Bridgerton on acid by Arifa Akbar

Almeida, LondonLulu Raczka’s new play, directed by Rupert Goold, is beautifully designed but the plot – and the point – is puzzling. Maybe the joke’s on us? This confounding play is …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Joseph Fiennes to Star in World Premiere of Dear England by Leah Putnam

London's National Theatre has also announced Lyndsey Turner's take on The Crucible is transferring to the West End.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Moonset review – witchy magic swirls around a sensitive study of teen anxiety by Mark Fisher

Tron theatre, GlasgowFour girls gather around a pentangle in Maryam Hamidi’s punchy and poetic new play, which captures the vulnerability of adolescence When you see the gang of teenagers …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AM
Friday, January 13, 2023

Star-To-Be: Into the Woods' Cole Thompson by JK

We always enjoy discovering new talent in as many shows as we can. So far this season, there's been an abundance of Broadway debuts, both onstage and on creative teams. Sometimes, they are i…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AM
Monday, December 19, 2022

Becky Nurse of Salem *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 19, 2022: Rebecca Nurse is a minor character in The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s harrowing dramatization of the witch-hunt hysteria which gripped colonial America…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:12AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Becky Nurse of Salem by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

In any event, Ruhl has not written a play set in 1692 or a sequel to "The Crucible" but a comedy about free-spirited Becky Nurse, a descendant of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse, a pious 71-…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PM
Friday, December 16, 2022

Becky Nurse of Salem **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter December 16, 2022: In an afterword appended to her script for Becky Nurse of Salem, playwright Sarah Ruhl (In the Next Room, or the vibrator play), whose unsatisfying…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:10PM
Monday, December 12, 2022

[NYC] BECKY NURSE OF SALEM (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center) by Toby Zinman

The Crucible, has withstood all manner of productions, from starry Broadway to high school drama club, and it will withstand Sarah Ruhl’s crass replay, Becky Nurse of Salem The post [NYC] …

SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:55AM
Thursday, November 17, 2022

How Trump and Arthur Miller Inspired Sarah Ruhl's Becky Nurse of Salem by Talaura Harms

She wanted to write a historically accurate version of The Crucible, then it became something completely different.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Announcing the 2022-23 Arts Leadership Residency Cohort

Theatre Bay Area’s Arts Leadership Residency removes roadblocks to arts leadership for historically marginalized groups by funding theatremakers in residence at professional theatres where…

SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 11:00AM
Sunday, October 30, 2022

The Contingency Plan review – a double dose of climate crisis drama by Clare Brennan

Crucible, SheffieldSteve Waters’s newly revived and updated companion pieces about global heating have lost none of their urgency Steve Waters’s double bill about global heating, The Con…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Just in Time for Halloween, Witches Come to The National Theatre by Billy McEntee

"The Crucible," now at the National Theatre in London, will be broadcast in cinemas via NT Live on January 26 in the UK and March 2 in the US. The post Just in Time for Halloween, Witches Co…

SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:13PM

It's Witchcraft!: 8 Takes on the Salem Witch Trials That Go Beyond The Crucible by Leah Putnam

Though many people know the Arthur Miller classic, this moment in American history has received plenty of attention onstage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PM
Sunday, October 16, 2022

The Life and Times of Legendary Playwright, Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's career as a writer spanned over seven decades and gave us some of the greatest works in the American theatrical canon. While plays like Death of a Salesman, A View from the B…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM

Actor Erin Doherty: ‘How good a footballer was I? I got scouted by Chelsea!’ by Rachel Cooke

The actor best-known for playing Princess Anne in The Crown on making her National Theatre debut in The Crucible – and how the world it portrays is not so different from today Erin Doherty…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM
Sunday, October 9, 2022

The week in theatre: Blues for an Alabama Sky; The Crucible; Dido’s Bar – review by Susannah Clapp

Lyttelton; Olivier; Royal Docks, LondonThirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AM

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