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Arthur Miller's The Crucible. (NY)

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Rating: 3.9 out of 5 based on 261 reviews

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Arthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE returns to Broadway in a new production directed by the acclaimed Belgian director Ivo van Hove. Set during the Salem witch trials of the 1690s, THE CRUCIBLE is a timeless parable of morality, a scorching indictment of intolerance, and a central work in the canon of American drama.
PERFORMANCES BEGIN PROMPTLY.  THERE IS NO LATE SEATING.

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Rating: 3.9 out of 5 based on 261 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Brilliant, and only too timely

    by Laloma on 7/23/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    In fifty years or so of theater going, I never saw anything better than this production. The audience was made to realize that we are as afraid and divided as the persons on stage. The entire second act was an extended coup de theatre. Going home from the play to watch the Republican convention, you couldn't fail to reflect that now, as then, ambitious men can make us humans turn on a dime to demonize one another. In this regard, modern tools such as the internet and social media may be more effective than The Hammer of Witches. The director, the actors, and designers of this production deserve the highest praise.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Crucible was chilling

    by upstateconcertmom on 7/20/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    Really enjoyed my first viewing of this Arthur Miller play. The setting in a drab possibly depression era classroom was interesting. The more modern setting made the possibility of being falsely accused, of being swept up in a mob mentality very relevant to the times.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    One of the best productions of this play

    by 50sFan on 7/20/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    I think Arthur Miller would have been pleased with this production.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    by iluvlondon on 7/20/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    This production of The Crucible was superb in every way: the acting (amazing), direction, staging and lighting ( very creative).

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent

    by Madeleinefulton on 7/19/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    So powerful, absolutely stunning. I laughed, cried and gasped as if I had never seen the play before, despite being able to recite most of the script. My heart was torn out of my chest at the end- the performance by ___ who played Elizabeth Proctor was breathtaking.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    A Classic

    by JERIS on 7/19/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    Fabulous performances although the play was quite long.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Unforgettable performance

    by labrookman on 7/18/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    Truly one of the best performances I've ever seen. I don't know how the actors manage to inject that much intensity into it day after day. The emotional investment into these characters was unbelievable and truly transcended anything else I have seen live. I'm sad that the show has come to an end because I would have gone to see it again and highly recommended it to others. The acting was just superb. Can't wait to see what these young actors do next.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    The Crucible

    by Julianne7 on 7/17/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    The Crucible is gripping! An important play for all times.

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    Boring and incomprehensible

    by sunnyshel on 7/17/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    Show closing so who cares? Major disappointment. Stilted acting and dialogue. Poor acoustics. You want to see the actors, watch Brooklyn or Munich on blu-ray.

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    by lengthynickname101 on 7/16/16Walter Kerr Theatre - New York

    Crucible is IMO perhaps the greatest play of the 20th century. Certainly one of my favorites. This is a situation where people's lives are being completely devastated. Loved ones are being taken from each other, people find themselves scared to speak out lest they be charged and sentenced to death, no one knows who they can trust, menace both real and imagined run rampant, Rebecca the town saint has been deemed and jailed a criminal. The townspeople's worlds are being turned inside out. There were many things I noticed about this production, but the main point for me is the entire time I was watching, I didn't believe these were people who's lives were being torn apart, who's hearts were breaking, were experiencing the outrage brought on by the hunting and the trials. While some of the director's (I'm assuming) unwritten additions were visually enticing (witchcraft, dog!, floating human!), in my opinion they didn't serve Miller's work. First off, the witchcraft isn't actually happening, so to have windows flying open and papers and desks tumbling around could confuse people unfamiliar with the play. Also, the point is these crazed girls put on a convincing show! So let the work of the performers be the thing that convinces us! The dog was cool, but I have no idea why it was there. And a minor thing that pulled me out in the final act was letting John and Elizabeth wander out on their own before the execution. It's a jail, so that reality still needs to be there even if the story is about them. I felt Whishaw was very technically proficient (terrific mover and speaker), but he was a mostly gentle Proctor who seemed to be going through the motions of the play without really discovering things and taking in what was happening around him on a deep level. Really listening to and taking in pieces of news like his wife's pregnancy, for example, were missing. It seemed like this: because the script had already been written, John's decisions throughout the play had already been made. I felt Tina Benko and Bill Camp gave some very solid work as Ann Putnam and Reverend Hale, respectively.