Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

First Preview: Feb 08, 2016

Opening Date: Mar 01, 2016

Closing Date: Jul 17, 2016

Running Time: 02:45

http://www.thecrucibleonbroadway.com/

Playing @

Walter Kerr Theatre

219 W 48th St New York, NY 10036

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Arthur Miller's The Crucible returns to Broadway in a new production directed by the acclaimed Belgian director Ivo van Hove.

Set during the Salem witch trials of the 1690s, The Crucible is a timeless parable of morality, a scorching indictment of intolerance, and a central work in the canon of American drama.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Broadway Play - Drama

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes: One Intermission

Audience Advisory:

THERE IS NO LATE SEATING.

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The Devil has returned to Broadway, with the power to make the strong tremble. It is time to be afraid, very afraid, of a play that seemed perhaps merely worthy when you studied it in high school English class.The director Ivo van Hove and a dazzling international cast — led by Ben Whishaw, Sophie Okonedo, Saoirse Ronan and Ciaran Hinds — have plumbed the raw terror in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which opened on Thursday night at the Walter Kerr Theater. And an endlessly revived historical drama from 1953 suddenly feels like the freshest, scariest play in town.

-----New York Times

I think the mistake critics and teachers often make about The Crucible is that they read it like a novel, and sometimes it’s staged that way, all bonnets and doublets. Van Hove sweeps all that away, letting us feel more strongly the role the play’s overwhelming structural brilliance plays in locking us down. It’s not that Miller isn’t interested in characters, it’s that he sees society as a kind of Über-character, and not a very magnanimous one. (HUAC revoked his passport to attend the play’s 1954 London opening.) The result isn’t medicinal, it’s terrifying, when done right. This is the first production of The Crucible I’ve seen in which the devil, which is to say us collectively, is really given his due.

-------Vulture

Van Hove is the master of visually arresting moments: The alarming third-act opening will have audience members clinging to their seats, eyes glued to the stage. That same act concludes with a gale force. Unfortunately, the beats between these set pieces often seem neglected. When the director does intercede, it regularly comes off as stagey, as when the advisers of the court vigorously circle Danforth, like flies on rotting fruit. This may be van Hove's way of dressing up Miller's overwrought dialogue and uneconomical plot development, which causes even the strongest mountings of this play to sag. This is the best production of The Crucible I've ever seen. It is by no means a perfect drama, but as long as a crusading morality is a part of our national character, it seems destined to continue punching audiences in the gut.

------TheaterMania

Accessibility:

Box Office

Outer lobby. Counter 41".

Parking

Valet parking lots: Holiday Inn Hotel on Broadway between 48th & 49th Sts.; on 48th St. west of theater. No vans.

Curb Ramps

NW corner of 48th St. & Broadway; NE corner of 48th St. & 8th Ave., and just west of entrance.

Restroom

Accessible restroom located House Left, under the stair well. Womens: Up nineteen steps from orchestra.Mens: Up eighteen steps from orchestra.

Directions Subway

1, C, E to 50th Street

Seating

Orchestra on ground level. Mezzanine, balcony and restrooms reached only by stairs.

Elevator\Escalator

None.

Telephone

A cellular telephone is available free of charge to patrons with disabilities.

Entrance

Double doors in series: 1st set (each 23", heavy) to outer lobby; 2nd set (each 26", heavy) into orchestra.

Visual Assistance

None.

Water Fountain

Water available from bar.

Assisted Listening System

Reservations are not necessary. Drivers license or ID with printed address required as a deposit. Please call: (212) 582-7678 to reserve in advance.

Wheelchair Info

Wheelchair seating available. Theatre is not completley wheelchair accessible. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating locations. Wheelchair seating is in the Orchestra only.