JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN Previews — Page 2

Yes, I saw it in Boston as well. It was okay. Some mid-play dramatic developments seemed more convenient than organic, but given the new production, performers, time for rewrites, etc., it's obviously more than possible my misgivings might no longer be valid.

Cape Twirl of Doom said: "I really don’t know why the website continues to say the show is 105 minutes, and when I asked the usher tonight he said it was 100 mins. The show is two hours. Those 20 mins make a big difference if you have to be somewhere after.

(Loved the show, just had to rush getting out.)"



Unfortunately, this is very common these days.

Go see this play now. Everything across the board was perfection. Rooting for this one!

I have to confess, today’s performance was ruined for me by the behavior of the audience around me. To my right, and in front of me were a group of teenage girls who proceeded to take photos and film to the entire performance. I watched several stretches of dialogue and the sequence in the end through the screen of the phone in front of me. There was not a usher in the mezzanine once. If I was not in the middle of the row during an intermission-less show, I would’ve gotten up and found one. Lucy Jones the entire experience was distracting and hard to focus and infuriating. I was so looking forward to this and I have sent a letter to the theater because I have hopes they may invite me back because of the fact there wasn’t an usher in the mezzanine the entire show. The house manager after was apologetic but didn’t seem fussed.


there’s a great play there and there’s some good performances, but it was really hard to enjoy and focus on the play with the constant distractions. I’m really getting to the point where I don’t wanna go to the theater anymore because of the behavior of the audiences. I’m fighting a brain tumor and the shows that I go to see are carefully chosen and things that I really wanna see because I don’t have much money to spend. I camp out for cheap tickets or hunt for discounts and then I go to the theater and the experience is ruined by selfish people. I really think I might be nearing the end of my theater going journey here in NYC. If house staff is not going to pay attention and take action, at these prices, it’s unacceptable. And yes, any usher in the booth mezzanine would’ve been able to see them. The girls were holding their phones up. I’m sure everybody in the mezzanine was affected by them and not just me.


The girl next to me sat through the first near 30 minutes with her camera app open desperately awaiting Sadie’s entrance so she could film it.



sorry for venting. Flames at the side of my face

malcs98 said: "Let me make my words very crystal clear: do not be surprised if this ends up winning the TONY Award for Best Play over Oh, Mary!. I haven’t stopped thinking about it ever since I saw the second preview (which didn’t even feel like it at all). Everysingle performance in this ensemble is exceptional, but especially Sadie Sink, Fina Strazza and Amalia Yoo who are the stand outs, and by god one of the best endings of a play I have ever seen…Go see this play, you’ll thank me later"

won't happen. There are multiple shows that would beat John Proctor. So glad you liked it -but it's not winning.

CoffeeBreak said: "won't happen. There are multiple shows that would beat John Proctor. So glad you liked it -but it's not winning."

Yeah, Im definitely aware it probably wont win but I do think it will definitely at least get nominated for Best Play. At this point I'm predicting this, English, The Hills of California, Oh, Mary! and Purpose to get nominated. I know some people think Dorian Gray will get nominated for Best Play but I don't know if it's being considered a new play or a revival?

Oh I thought this was really fab. A real lesson in making sure that we practice what we preach, and how vulnerability is actually one of the greatest tools we have to fight evil.

Dayna Taymor, you really know what you’re doing and it SHOWS.

malcs98 said: "I know some people think Dorian Gray will get nominated for Best Play but I don't know if it's being considered a new play or arevival?

Why on earth would it be considered a revival? It's a new play, The fact that it's an adaptation of a novel doesn't make it a revival any more than The Outsiders was.

Dan6 said: "Why on earth would it be considered a revival? It's a new play, The fact that it's an adaptation of a novel doesn't make it a revival any more than The Outsiders was."

I agree it will be considered for Best Play, but it's not really new. John Proctor is the Villain has previously been produced in Boston and Washington DC with completely different casts and directors. That's few enough productions that it won't be considered for Revival despite not being on Broadway before (unlike Appropriate last year, which had been produced all over the place for 10 years), but it's different from The Outsiders, which had a pre-Broadway run with the same creative team and most of the same cast, but was otherwise new.

Updated On: 4/5/25 at 05:50 PM

Dan6 said: "I was responding to malcs98’s comment questioning whether Dorian Gray will be considered a revival."

Sorry. My bad.

Just saw this this afternoon and think they totally hit it out of the park! Not a weak link in the cast and I’m hard pressed to pick a favorite (I didn’t know Sadie Sink going in), but it’s really both the writing and direction that made it such a win for me. The pacing was so spot on, both in the way the play itself is written and in their delivery, couldn’t have asked for anything more.

The last three seconds gave me an instant lump in my throat… that’s how you perfectly conclude a play. Bravo.


I can’t remember the last time a season was so stacked with such great shows! A win for us all, really. Gonna be an exciting Tonys.