Crucible Revival for Early 2016?

"According to an Actors' Equity casting notice, rehearsals will begin in January 2016 with a first preview currently scheduled for Feb. 29. The production will play a limited engagement through July 17."

I know rumors of a revival with Sophie Okonedo were around a few months ago, so I imagine this must be the same production.

Updated On: 5/21/15 at 12:09 PM

They're going to need a huge star for John. Shows like this (even though it's one of my favorite plays and I'm sure I'll see it more than a couple of times) are shows everyone's seen before so they're going to need real star power to get people into the theater and sell those seats.

Ethan Hawke?

Cooper would be good. Jackman would be better. :)

Actually… Cooper has expressed immense interest in performing in theater more regularly after his appearance in The Elephant Man. Don't know where you got that information.

Definitely a huge star coming in for John Proctor. Wouldn't be surprised if a smaller-but-still-pretty-big star is tapped for Elizabeth.

But a show like this which is done in every high school and community theater all the time especially needs that star power. I would actually love to see Daniel Day Lewis & Joan Allen do it. Seriously, that'd be a dream come true.

If they're adding a scene where a witch gets burned at the stake, than I think Lea Michele should return to broadway.

"I think it must be Yael Farber's critically acclaimed Old Vic production"

Isn't there an American actress already attached to the project?

As mentioned earlier in the thread they should bring the critically acclaimed and non more so than Ben Brantley Old Vic production over. If the new production doesn't live up to the Old Vic standard it could easily get trashed by the New York Times.

William H. Macy is not right at all for John. He would be, however, an excellent Reverend Parris.

Oooo, Michael Fassbender!