Fear becomes tactile in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ shattering The Crucible because the nightmare on display is as much a mirror of our times as a tale of the witchcraft purge in 1692 Salem. The post Timely Warnin…

Royal Court theatre, LondonA class on The Crucible unearths troubling parallels for a group of teen girls in Kimberly Belflower’s play set in the wake of the Weinstein scandal Kimberly Belflower’s revisioni…

The work, a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, made a Broadway debut last season.

The Washington National Opera’s commemoration of America’s semi-quincentennial continues with its production of one of the most accessible and enduring American operas of the 20th century—the Pulitzer Pri…

Washington National Opera has released a first look video of THE CRUCIBLE, running March 21 through March 29, 2026 at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Watch the video below. Directed by Artistic Directo…

Celebrating the arrival of spring and the newest additions to the cast of HADESTOWN, as the critically acclaimed production heads into its third year at the Lyric Theatre, London. Rachel Adedeji as Persephone…

The work, a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, made a Broadway debut last season.

Interview: From the National Theatre to Netflix, we chat to Gracie McGonigal about Into The Woods, The Little Big Things, Bridgerton, and a fast‑rising career The post Interview: From The Crucible to Bridgert…

The National Theatre today releases production images for Man and Boy, Terence Rattigan's tale of fatherhood and corruption, marking Director Anthony Lau’s (The Crucible) National Theatre debut. As previously…

The work, a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, made a Broadway debut last season.

The cast has been revealed for the UK transfer of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower, directed by Tony Award-winner Danya Taymor (The Outsiders). It arrives from a run on Broadway and plays at t…

Washington National Opera has announced that its spring 2026 performances, marking the company’s 70th anniversary season, will take place at venues throughout the greater Washington, D.C. region. The previous…

As usual, I’m late with a list of the shows I most enjoyed in 2025 but I’m going to share it anyway and since I am late, I’m also going to cut right to the chase. There were musicals I liked a lot (Beau, …

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buena Vista Social Club,…

Training_Set, a new play by Sonny Marwah with direction by Serena Norr, is getting ready to hold a series of industry presentations. Produced by Golden X Productions (Chelsea LeSage, Jenilyn N. Rodriguez, and S…

Discover the hidden layers of your favorite shows! Our new Themes, Symbols & Motifs section reveals the big ideas behind shows such as Into the Woods, Chicago, The Crucible and many, many more— a deeper i…

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is an enthralling new stage adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1892 short story of the same name. Gilman’s original narrative is written as a series of diary entries by a woman …

Sheffield Theatres have unveiled a first look image for their upcoming festive production of A Christmas Carol, opening at the Crucible Theatre on Saturday 29 November and running until Saturday 10 January The …

London Theatre Company has released a trailer for The Lady from the Sea, written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen. The production, which is in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek, is now playin…

The work, a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, made a Broadway debut last season.

Sheffield Theatres has announced the full cast and creative team for its festive production of A Christmas Carol, running at the Crucible Theatre from Saturday 29 November 2025 to Saturday 10 January 2026 The p…

Many of us were first introduced to Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” in school. The play depicts the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts at the end of the 17th century. After Reverend Samuel Paris (Nick Che…

The work is a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school.

Elizabeth Newman begins her tenure as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres with a new production of Dancing at Lughnasa, opening this month at the Crucible Theatre The post Dancing at Lughnasa Opens Elizab…

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When Arthur Miller debuted The Crucible in 1953, the nation was emerging from the dark and sinister times of accusations and recriminations known as…

Class will be in session a while longer. John Proctor is the Villain, starring Chiara Aurelia in her Broadway debut, has extended for the third and final time. The coming-of-age play will now run through Se…

The Tony-nominated coming-of-age play John Proctor is the Villain is to be adapted into a movie with its Tony-nominated star Sadie Sink executive producing. As reported by Hollywood Reporter, Tina Fey and Marc …

John Proctor Is the Villain is officially coming to the screen. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that a film adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway play is currently in the works, featuring a screenplay …

Last night, television star Chiara Aurelia joined the company of John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway as 'Shelby Holcomb'. Check out photos of her opening night bow with the company! In John Proctor is the V…

Beginning tonight, July 15, Chiara Aurelia joins the company of John Proctor is the Villain as 'Shelby Holcomb'. Tony nominee Sadie Sink played her final performance on July 13. Check out photos here! In John P…

Sadie Sink played her 104th and final performance on Broadway as ‘Shelby Holcomb’ in John Proctor is the Villain yesterday, Sunday, July 13. Check out photos of her final curtain call below! Performances fo…

On Friday, July 11, singer-song writer Lorde visited with the cast of John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway! Her song, Greenlight, his featured predominantly in the show. See the photos here! The script is ge…

If I said, "rolling pin and chaste silver razor" or "a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, a slipper as pure as gold," you'd probably know right away what Broadway show to whic…

He staged a revival of “The Crucible” in a Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1958, helped run Circle in the Square and oversaw the operations of Jujamcyn Theaters.

Paul Libin, the Theater Hall of Fame inductee and longtime Broadway producer who received 12 Tony Awards, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, died on June 27 in New York Ci…

If you happen to be walking by Radio City Music Hall, you just might get a glimpse into rehearsals for Heathers the Musical! Casey Likes has shared a fun video of himself and Lorna Courtney rehearsing for the u…

 Editors' Choice, Part Two Yesterday, we presented the first part of our 2025 JKTS  Awards honoring those theater people - new faces and familiar faces - that made the 2024-2025 Broadway season the special o…

Danya Taymor directs the new 2025 Best Play Tony nominee by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

Review of the Saturday, May 31, 2025 evening performance at the Booth Theatre in New York City. Starring Sadie Sink, with Nihar Duvurri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, …

John Proctor is the Villain and Cats: The Jellicle Ball received top honors in the group's third annual Dorian Theater Awards. Both productions won three awards each, making them the most awarded shows of the y…

Students of Tony Awards trivia can savor a fun tidbit this year: In the spirit of Fosse and Verdon, husband-and-wife Gabriel Ebert and Danya Taymor are nominated for acting in and directing the Tony-nominated h…

Soon enough, we'll be trading in light jackets for shorts and tees, and turning up the A.C. Where did spring go? The last couple of summers were busy, theater-wise, but this year it feels much lighter. It will …

John Proctor is the Villain, Kimberly Belflower's coming-of-age play currently nominated for seven Tony Awards, has extended its Broadway engagement. Performances will now run through July 13 at the Booth The…

Danya Taymor directs the new 2025 Best Play Tony nominee by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

Ince's fidelity to the language allows every nuance to be exposed A society ruled by hysteria. Lurid lies that carry more currency than reality. There’s no shortage of reasons that Arthur Miller’s 1953 dram…

Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonDirector Ola Ince brings absurdist comedy to Arthur Miller’s classic drama of Salem witch-hunting, now told partly through song There is never a time when Arthur Miller’s play a…

The complete cast and creative team have been announced for Heathers The Musical. Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, a veteran of 12 Broadway shows including Hairspray, Xanadu, Mean Girls, and Beetlejuice The Mus…

There are 22 days left until the 2025 Tony Awards, which means there is still time to see a few shows before the winners are revealed!  It has been a banner year for Broadway, with a beautifully diverse mix of…

One could be forgiven for thinking John Proctor Is the Villain is a two or three-hour long production. Once Kimberly Bellflower’s vital, gripping play comes to an end, it wouldn’t be surprising for audience…

Heathers the Musical has cast its Heathers. The musical will make its New York City return in a limited engagement at New World Stages from June 22 through September 28. McKenzie Kurtz (Frozen, The Heart of R…

Casting has been announced for the three Heathers, in the off-Broadway return of Heathers: The Musical! McKenzie Kurtz (Broadway: Frozen, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Wicked; Kennedy Center: Schmigadoon!) will p…

“I hadn’t read it since college,” says playwright Kimberly Belflower of Arthur Miller’s iconic play The Crucible. She drew inspiration for John Proctor Is the Villain from that 1953 drama and found hers…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! The very last show I saw on my most recent trip to New York was JOHN …

A new genre has been developing over the past few years, one that in tribute to the post-war change in British theater I’ve been calling “angry young women plays.”   These new works more or less follow …

Reflections “Who’s the Witch in the Witchhunt?” by Jenyth Jo In “John Proctor Is the Villain,” Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, “Art tries to make sense of certain m…

Age: 22 Hometown: New York City Current Role: Amalia Yoo plays preacher’s daughter Raelynn Nix in John Proctor is the Villain, a coming-of-age play by Kimberly Belflower set in a high school English classr…

Reflections Kimberly Belflower Asks, “Who’s the Witch in the Witchhunt?” by Jenyth Jo In “John Proctor is the Villain,” Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, “Art tries t…

What’s behind all the revivals of the shocking parable about terrifying McCarthyism in 1950s America? Our writer reflects on how, through the decades, each fresh production finds new meanings that speak to ou…

With Paul Mescal officially set to star in a 2027 production of A Whistle in the Dark,a co-production between London’s National Theatre and Dublin’s Abbey Theatre,industry chatter suggests the Abbey is now …

John Proctor is the Villain At the end of Arthur Miller’s classic play, “The Crucible,” protagonist John Proctor refuses to lie, even to save his own life. Overwhelmed by what he is being asked to do, he …

“When I first read The Crucible, I think it was in high school, and I was just trying to make it through the year, honestly” shares Sadie Sink with a laugh. The actress stars in the new Broadway play John P…

From gasp-inducing family dramas to side-splitting comedies and a Gen Z-friendly take on The Crucible, here's some shows you should see.

Broadway – Booth Theater: 222 West 45 Street April 14-Sept. 7, 2025. Drama. Author: Kimberly Bellflower. Director: Danya Taymor. 1 hr, 45 min. Critic: David Sheward (April 2025). **** A dynamic tale of teen t…

By David Sheward April 22, 2025. Two dramas on teen torment recently opened on and Off-Broadway, approaching their subjects through different lenses and both achieving dynamic theatrical results. Kimberly Belf…

There's a lot of talk about John Proctor at the Booth Theatre, but it's not within the context of the famous Arthur Miller play The Crucible. John Proctor is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, just …

There's a lot of talk about John Proctor at the Booth Theatre, but it's not within the context of the famous Arthur Miller play The Crucible. John Proctor is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, just …

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…