It's the witching hour. John Proctor is the Villain opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre and the critics have released their reviews.
The new play by Kimberly Belflower is in a limited engagement through July 6. The play follows a group of high schoolers who are assigned The Crucible to read in class, and the feminist questions they have while dissecting the play in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Sadie Sink leads the production as Shelby Holcomb, with Nihar Duvvuri as Mason Adams, Tony winner Gabriel Ebert as Carter Smith, Molly Griggs as Bailey Gallagher, Maggie Kuntz as Ivy Watkins, Hagan Oliveras as Lee Turner, Morgan Scott as Nell Shaw, Fina Strazza as Beth Powell, and Amalia Yoo as Raelynn Nix.
Here's why Playbill thinks you should see the play.
Read the reviews below.
- amNY (Matt Windman)
- The Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*
- Cititour NYC (Brian Scott Lipton)
- Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)
- Entertainment Weekly (Emlyn Travis)
- Daily Beast (Tim Teeman)*
- Deadline (Greg Evans)
- Digital Journal (Markos Papadatos)
- The Guardian (Jesse Hassenger)
- The Hollywood Reporter (Lovia Gyarkye)
- New York Magazine / Vulture (Sara Holdren)*
- New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)
- New York Stage Review (Frank Scheck)
- New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo)
- New York Sun (Elysa Gardner)
- New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
- New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)
- The New York Times (Jesse Green)*
- Observer (David Cote)
- TheaterMania (Rachel Graham)
- Theatrely (Juan A Ramirez)
- Time Out New York (Raven Snook)
- Variety (Christian Lewis)
- The Washington Post (Naveen Kumar)*
- The Wrap (Robert Hofler)*
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The production understudies are Noah Pacht, Fiona Robberson, Shian Tomlinson, Garrett Young, and Victoria Vourkoutiotis.
Click here to get a limited edition opening night Playbill for John Proctor Is the Villain
John Proctor Is the Villain was commissioned by The Farm Theater in 2017. Following workshops at Farm Theater and Ojai Playwrights Conference, the play premiered at Centre College in 2018, and has since been produced at Furman University, Rollins College, Washington D.C.'s Studio Theatre, and Boston's Huntington.
Taymor's creative team includes scenic designer AMP featuring Teresa Williams, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Natasha Katz, sound designer Palmer Hefferan, projection designer Hannah Wasileski, movement director Tilly Evans-Krueger, hair, wig and make-up design by J. Jared Janas, and intimacy coordinator Ann James. Gigi Buffington serves as voice and dialect coach. Casting is by Taylor Williams.
Sue Wagner, John Johnson, John Mara Jr., Runyonland, and Eric Falkenstein are producing.
Visit JohnProctoristheVillainPlay.com.
