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

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.

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

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 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.

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?

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 said: "What theatre for John Proctor?"

Booth

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 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!

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 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).

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

Looks like an error or pricing without code ?

Code is VILLAIN25

I see 74 in rear mezz.