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PRESS QUOTES "!"
"Liam Neeson is
transfixing- poignantly human and as big as cinemascope. Watch as he defiantly
splashes his naked torso with water, a cry for attention from the wife he
believes still judges him harshly. Laura Linney is luminous. She portrays a
spectrum of feelings with small, amazingly articulate shifts. When Mr. Neeson
and Ms. Linney share the stage, This 'Crucible' runs the kind of emotional
temperature that leaves you weak."
"Richard Eyre's fiery
production is ignited with a magnificently heroic Liam Neeson, faultlessly
supported by Laura Linney, Brian Murray and many others."
"Arthur Miller's play
is the visceral, theatrical equivalent of a gripping page turner. Richard Eyre's
gifted, consummate ensemble is shattering!"
"This play is new
again. Director Richard Eyre infuses this spectacular production with a
breathless suspense and nuance. The collaboration of this flawless cast,
direction and design is masterful."
"Amazing! Go see it
immediately!!"
"Liam Neeson is a
force of nature."
"Unbelievable! One of
the best things I have ever, ever, ever, ever, ever seen on broadway. If there
is one play to see, this is it. It's just phenomenal."
"A thundering
spellbinder! Grade: A."
"Powerful,
mesmerizing and timeless. Be prepared for one of the great second acts in the
history of American theater."
"Richard Eyre's
production never ceases to enthrall. This is thrilling theater."
"Absolutely riveting
and powerful. A must-see."
"Brian Murray, always
a fine actor, rises brilliantly to the challenge of playing judge Danforth. If
he doesn't nab his overdue Tony Award for such excellence, there's less justice
on Broadway than in Danforth's courtroom."
"John Benjamin Hickey
as the conflicted Reverend Hale is tremendous."
"Christopher Evan
Welch is exemplarily spineless as Reverend Parris."
"There is a chilling
intensity to Angela Bettis' vindictive Abigail. The demonic quality of her
expression makes you think she might actually be possessed."
"Jennifer Carpenter
gives a wrenching performance as the ultimately disloyal Mary."
"Tom Aldredge gives a
first-rate performance as the wry, wily geezer, Giles Corey."
"Patrice Johnson
makes a searing impression as the powerless servant forced to fabricate
fantastical tales of trafficking with the devil to save her skin."
"Helen Stenborg plays
Rebecca Nurse beautifully."
"It seldom gets as impressive as this."
"Liam Neeson is a force of nature. He gives off a palpable charge. He feels absolutely rooted in the play's imaginative soil - a potent amalgam of sinew and sensitivity. The enormity of his passion and his wallop is never in doubt. He is a kind of sequoia of sex."
"Laura Linney gives a superbly understated performance as Elizabeth Proctor."
"Laura Linney is ideal as Elizabeth Proctor."
"Liam Neeson exudes a powerful, instinctive stage presence and a rigorous dignity that makes his downfall shattering."
"Liam Neeson's haunted, brooding look is perfect for Proctor."
"Laura Linney gives a performance of disarming simplicity."
"Liam Neeson was born to play John Proctor. He is thrillingly real and utterly convincing."
"The beautiful Laura Linney, a performer of understated grace and gripping honesty, captures our attention with each fleeting a facial expression, each tiny gesture."
"Few actors stride into a room with as much moral stature as Liam Neeson."
"Liam Neeson is bigger than life. Laura Linney performs beautifully."
"As the gruff, roughhewn Proctor, Neeson gives a heroic performance, capturing the agonizing of an everyman starkly confronted by a challenge to his good name. Yet his craggy, common-sense portrait is free of grandstanding, the posturing that could infect a lesser actor attempting to portray some degree of nobility."
"Laura Linney is marvelous. Her is another instance of the ability of this excellent actress to entire entirely into a role, for Linney makes Elizabeth plain, and painfully aware of her failures as a wife, but fatally loyal to John, and brimming with pride for his act."
"Laura Linney is brilliant, her performance is dazzling."
�A ferocious Liam Neeson has his equal in Laura Linney, who has a gift for finding fire in the quietest corners of normality.�
�Not often, but once in a while, an actor and a role come together with a force and an intensity that combine to produce something resembling spontaneous combustion. Something of the sort is taking place with Liam Neeson�s powerhouse performance in director Richard Eyre�s dazzling and revelatory new production of Arthur Miller�s �The Crucible.��
�Neeson may be the most commanding stage actor of our time � and certainly here, he is nothing short of titanic. �The Crucible� as directed by British impresario Richard Eyre is awe-inspiring.�
�This play is new again. Director Richard Eyre infuses this spectacular production with a breathless suspense and nuance. The collaboration of this flawless cast, direction and design is masterful.�
�A wonderful revival.� �Liam Neeson is excellent. Laura Linney is splendid.� �Brian Murray is riveting.� �The audience was just rapt.�
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