Up on the Marquee: THE CRUCIBLE
By: Walter McBride Feb. 02, 2016
Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE will return to Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) this spring. Leading the production are Ben Whishaw (as John Proctor), Sophie Okonedo (as Elizabeth Proctor), Saoirse Ronan (as Abigail Williams), and Ciarán Hinds (as Deputy-Governor Danforth). Check out photos of the theatre marquee below!
The cast of 18, to be directed by Ivo van Hove, will also feature Bill Camp (as Reverend John Hale), Jim Norton (as Giles Corey), Tavi Gevinson (as Mary Warren), Jason Butler Harner (as Reverend Samuel Parris), Tina Benko (as Ann Putnam/Sarah Goode), Teagle Bougere (as Judge Hawthorne), Michael Braun (as Ezekiel Cheever), Jenny Jules (as Tituba), Thomas Jay Ryan (asThomas Putnam), Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (as Susanna Walcott), Elizabeth Teeter (as Betty Parris), Ray Anthony Thomas (as Francis Nurse), Brenda Wehle (as Rebecca Nurse), and Erin Wilhelmi (as Mercy Lewis).
This new production of the Miller play will mark the second Arthur Miller work to be directed on Broadway this season by acclaimed Belgian director Ivo van Hove, whose Olivier Award-winning Young Vic production of A View from the Bridge opens at the Lyceum Theatre this fall. THE CRUCIBLE will begin performances on Monday evening, February 29 and open on Thursday, April 7, for a 20-week limited engagement through Sunday, July 17, 2016.
Widely considered to be a central work in the canon of American drama, THE CRUCIBLE premiered on Broadway in January 1953, won that year's Tony Award for Best Play, and has subsequently become Arthur Miller's most-produced work.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
Theatre Marquee unveiling Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' starring Saoirse Ronan at The Walter Kerr Theatre on February 1, 2016 in New York City.
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