Sadie Sink in JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN - Broadway (Spring 2025)- Page 2

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 3:29pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "Sure Smash hasn't announced yet, but we all know it's happening. Itwill announce the Imperial shortly. Same with Good Night and Good Luck...it's not "official" yet, except it's definitely happening. I was just talking about the more unknown quantities which have not made any public declarations of a Broadway production yet."


I heard George Clooney and the lead of Smash both drank a milkshake with ingredients they are allergic to, had to drop and the productions are no longer happening. Hence why no announcement.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 3:34pm

Saw this play at Studio Theater in Dc a couple of years back. While the performances were decent, the play itself was pretty average and predictable.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 4:15pm

fwiw Sadie Sink was also in a pretty high profile Taylor Swift music video/short film (for the 10 minute All Too Well), and I don't know how much of the Swiftie fanbase became a fan of hers after that too (to the point where they'd see her in a play), but worth noting

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 4:20pm

She has 25.3 million followers on Instagram, which is pretty obviously significant. For reference, Rachel Zegler has 2.3 million, and Kit Connor has 6.1 million.

Updated On: 10/17/24 at 04:20 PM

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 4:37pm

JasonC3 said: "Saw this play at Studio Theater in Dc a couple of years back. While the performances were decent, the play itself was pretty average and predictable."


Predictable? I did not see the big twist coming at all. That must have been the fault of the acting and directing. On paper it came out of nowhere to me.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 5:10pm

Interesting.

While I was referring to the writing and character development overall, I found the ending pretty well-telegraphed as did others with whom I attended

Perhaps some casts/productions mask better. If so, I hope that is the case on Broadway.

[George in DC]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 8:46pm

JasonC3 said: "Interesting.

While I was referring to the writing and character development overall, I found the ending pretty well-telegraphed as did others with whom I attended
 

 

Completely agree. I knew where this was going from the start and nothing surprised me.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 11:05pm

nativenewyorker2 said: "MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "Sure Smash hasn't announced yet, but we all know it's happening. Itwill announce the Imperial shortly. Same with Good Night and Good Luck...it's not "official" yet, except it's definitely happening. I was just talking about the more unknown quantities which have not made any public declarations of a Broadway production yet."


I heard George Clooney and the lead of Smash both drank a milkshake with ingredients they are allergic to, had to drop and the productions are no longer happening. Hence why no announcement."

 

For what it’s worth, Good Night and Good Luck is holding EPAs next week so it seems like they’re still going ahead. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 11:07pm

nativenewyorker2 said: "I heard George Clooney and the lead of Smash both drank a milkshake with ingredients they are allergic to, had to drop and the productions are no longer happening. Hence why no announcement."

...what?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 10/17/24 at 11:51pm

I think the reach of STRANGER THINGS is being grossly

underestimated. It’d also not a musical - I imagine the sales will absolutely cover the running costs at bare minimum.

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 1:06am

KevinKlawitter said: "inception said: "Had to Google, another stranger thing kid."

So aStranger Thingsstar is going to leada play on Broadway at the same time as theStranger Thingsplay will be playing on Broadway"

This will probably be a Rachel McAdams about The Notebook musical situation. Sink will say in interviews she can't wait to see the Stranger Things play as soon as her Broadway show is over. (Then likely not see it.) 

[MikeT73]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 9:53am

What theatre for John Proctor?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 9:56am

MikeT73 said: "What theatre for John Proctor?"

Booth

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 11:41am

I caught this in Boston a year or two ago...at the Huntington, I think.  It was....OK.  It thinks it's far deeper than it actually is.  I agree with someone else: I figured all of it out before the script got there. 

It felt like talented college kid wrote a script.  (And everyone loves them, so by extension, decided this was outstanding.)

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 10/18/24 at 11:49am

This play has been done at basically every college that has a theater program. It's great for that. Wonderful opportunities for young actors, a little thoughtful, theatrical ending. Danya Taymor tho... I bet she could rustle up some spectacular staging for that ending. It may well elevate the whole property. I agree that the play is not terribly sophisticated and it certainly lacks a nuanced take on The Crucible... but I think there's a chance this production might elevate the material. 

[Ke3]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 12:05pm

I just missed seeing this a few years ago but the blurb raises a question I've had about it for a while, what schools are teaching John Proctor as a hero?

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 2:12pm

Ke3 said: "I just missed seeing this a few years ago but the blurb raises a question I've had about it for a while, what schools are teaching John Proctor as a hero?"

The teacher in the play has his own self-motivated reasons for it. When I did the play with my high schoolers (several years ago, before #metoo and our better wisdom on the subject), I emphasized the fact that the real Abigail Williams was much younger, and the real Proctor much older, and that there was no evidence that they had a romantic relationship. It was made up by Arthur Miller (along with several other dramatic liberties) to make him a "flawed" protagonist like all of his other leading male characters. He is definitely not the "hero" in the traditional sense. If Kimberly Belflower wrote the play based on her own experiences, her English/Drama teacher must not have been very good at his job!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 2:31pm

I'm not a lawyer but would there be any grounds for the Arthur Miller heirs to sue or object to this, if it's a play built on questioning/criticizing his play? or is it all covered under 1st Amendment + the fact that John Proctor was a real man?

Considering that this shares lead producers with Stereophonic, I assume that's something they're hyper conscious of now. (They also general-managed & raised money for Rudin & Ivo's production of THE CRUCIBLE in 2016, which I find a little funny)

Updated On: 10/19/24 at 02:31 PM

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 2:33pm

Ke3 said: "I just missed seeing this a few years ago but the blurb raises a question I've had about it for a while, what schools are teaching John Proctor as a hero?"

The playwright discusses this in an interview on Studio Theatre's website:

ALH: Do you want to say anything about The Crucible? The space it holds in English classes or the American Theatre? 

KB: I mean, I always make sure to say that I don’t think The Crucible is a bad play. Arthur Miller is a really ****ing great writer. The play is less about me being “down with The Crucible” and more about being interested in the way that The Crucible is being simplified and then passed on—because that’s what the lesson plans are and that’s what the curriculum is. #MeToo pushed people to really look at which systems we’re handing down, systems that we get trapped in and don’t know how to imagine things outside of—The Crucible seems emblematic of that to me.

Also, I love Abigail. She’s painted as such an easy villain, but—and I’m just quoting my own play at this point—but she literally says, “I saw my parents’ heads get split open on the pillow next to me.” All the John Proctor stuff is outside of that. This is a woman, a young woman, who’s deeply traumatized, wounded in so many ways, living with cousins, and just got fired from her job. I just really love her, and all the young women in that play. 

I got mad on their behalf that they’re not the ones who get analyzed more. And I think that there are flaws in the writing around how John Proctor is portrayed—he’s the hero, he’s the “beacon of integrity,” as people say in the play. But that’s really a question of is how the play is taught more than how it’s directed. I think you can produce The Crucible in a way that makes clear what is going on here.

https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2021-2022-john-proctor-is-the-villain/john-proctor-origins

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 6:42pm

Arthur Miller's daughter Rebecca (who, interestingly, is married to the film's John Proctor, Daniel Day-Lewis), controls her father's work. She has been a bit difficult in the past, such as her disapproval of Gregory Mosher's color conscious casting of the 2019 All My Sons revival (which caused him to quit), but as another poster pointed out, it is protected under free speech, and she is really criticizing how some people teach the play rather than the play itself anyway.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/19/24 at 6:53pm

The Distinctive Baritone said: "disapproval of Gregory Mosher's color conscious casting of the 2019 All My Sons revival (which caused him to quit)"

Talk about a misguided decision. Especially now with a 2024 perspective where "colorblind" is frowned upon and color-consciousness is embraced (and could have added a much more interesting layer to that production, which was pretty boring aside from the excellent lead performances).

[Sauja]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 9:20am

Anyone know when the presale is happening? I assume 10, and I signed up, but I haven't gotten any info yet.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:02am

It looks like the presale has started, but there's no code? Tickets start at $231??

[Sauja]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:12am

I also joined the queue in the hopes that the code would show up when I was in. But I have to imagine the fact that it only shows tickets from $231-291 is an error. We'll see if I ever get a code and can dig around further!

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 10:31am

Looks like an error or pricing without code ? 

Code is VILLAIN25 

I see 74 in rear mezz.