It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists.
Starring Ben Whishaw as John Proctor, Tony winner Sophie Okonedo as his wife Elizabeth Proctor, Saoirse Ronan as Abigail Williams, and Ciaran Hinds as Deputy-Governor Danforth.
The production will be directed by Ivo van Hove, and will have scenic and lighting design by longtime van Hove collaborator Jan Versweyveld, costume design by Wojciech Dziedzic, and an original score by Philip Glass. Additional casting and design team will be announced at a later date.
The director Ivo van Hove and a dazzling international cast...have plumbed the raw terror in Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'...And an endlessly revived historical drama from 1953 suddenly feels like the freshest, scariest play in town...Parallels between Miller's then and latter-day nows have never been hard to reach for. What makes Mr. van Hove's interpretation so unsettlingly vivid has little to do with literal-minded topicality. Instead...Mr. van Hove divests a historical work of period associations, the better to see its inhabitants as timelessly tragic and as close to you and me as the people in the seats next to us -- or, if we're honest, as our fallible selves. And more than any of the many 'Crucibles' I've seen, this one insists that we identify with not only the victims of persecution but also with those who would judge them.
Almost operatic in their intensity, [Van Hove's] productions are designed to leave audiences agitated and uncomfortable, which is notably the case with this distressing 1953 drama, with its steadily amplified sense of horror and indignation...the mesmerizingly acted new production trades the play's specific period and milieu...for a pared-down look and non-naturalistic, indeterminate setting...the production presents a chilling account of the institutional arrogance and ignorance that are a threat to civil liberties in any age, particularly when the dividing lines separating politics, religion and the judiciary become blurred...The face of this production is Saoirse Ronan, icy and commanding in her first stage appearance...As strong as the ensemble is, the indispensable anchoring forces are Whishaw and Okonedo, both of them devastating.
1953 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1958 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
1964 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1972 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1990 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
1991 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2002 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2016 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
2019 | Off-Broadway |
Bedlam's Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2023 | West End |
West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Bill Camp |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Philip Glass |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sophie Okonedo |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Ben Whishaw |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Arthur Miller |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ben Whishaw |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jim Norton |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or off-Broadway) | The Crucible |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jan Versweyveld |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Bill Camp |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sophie Okonedo |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Arthur Miller's The Crucible |
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