THE CRUCIBLE
 PREVIOUS BROADWAY
PRODUCTIONS

The Crucible opened on Broadway on January 22, 1953, and ran for 197 performances, closing on July 11, 1953 at the Martin Beck Theatre.  It was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden, staged by Jed Harris with Scenic Design by Boris Aronson and Costume Design by Edith Lutyens.

Opening Night Cast:

Jean Adair  Rebecca Nurse 
Janet Alexander  Betty Parris 
Jacqueline Andre  Tituba 
Raymond Bramley  Thomas Putnam 
Philip Coolidge  Judge Hathorne 
Jenny Egan  Mary Warren 
Adele Fortin  Sarah Good 
Walter Hampden  Dep-Gov. Danforth 
Jane Hoffman  Ann Putnam 
Dorothy Jolliffe  Mercy Lewis 
Arthur Kennedy  John Proctor 
E. G. Marshall  Reverend John Hale 
Donald Marye  Hopkins 
Don McHenry  Ezekiel Cheever 
George Mitchell  John Willard 
Madeleine Sherwood  Abigail Williams 
Barbara Stanton  Susanna Wallcott 
Fred Stewart  Rev. Samuel Parris 
Beatrice Straight  Elizabeth Proctor 
Joseph Sweeney  Giles Corey 
Graham Velsey Francis Nurse


E.G Marshall (Reverend John Hale), Arthur Kennedy
(John Proctor), and Beatrice Straight (Elizabeth Proctor)
in the 1953 Broadway production of Arthur Miller's
The Crucible.

Subsequent revivals of The Crucible have appeared on Broadway as follows:

Apr 6, 1964 -
May 2, 1964		 Belasco Theatre
4 previews, 16 perfs.		 Directed by Jack Sydow.  Starring Denholm Elliott (Reverend John Hale), Farley Granger (John Proctor) and Anne Meacham (Elizabeth Proctor)
 
Apr 27, 1972 -
Jun 3, 1972		 Vivian Beaumont Theatre
13 previews, 44 perfs.
  		Starring Pamela Payton-Wright
Dec 10, 1991 -
Jan 5, 1992		 Belasco Theatre
23 previews, 31 perfs.
Produced by the National Actors Theatre		 Directed by Yossi Yzraely. Starring Michael York (Reverend John Hale,) Martin Sheen (John Proctor), Maryann Plunkett (Elizabeth Proctor) and Fritz Weaver (Deputy-Governor Danforth)
 
Mar 7, 2002 - Virginia Theatre
 		 Directed by Richard Eyre.  Starring Liam Neeson (John Proctor) and Laura Linney  (Elizabeth Proctor)
 

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Arthur Miller The Crucible on Broadway,  Richard Eyre's revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which begins previews Feb. 16 at the Virginia Theatre, has added a number of Broadway veterans to a cast led by Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Brian Murray. Joining them will be Tom Aldredge (1776), Anne Pitoniak (currently in Dance of Death), John Benjamin Hickey (Love! Valour! Compassion!) and the newly-announced Christopher Evan Welch (London Assurance, the current Off-Bway Othello), J.R. Horne, Paul O'Brien, Jeanne Paulsen, Jennifer Carpenter, Henry Stram, Patrice Johnson, Jack Willis, Frank Raiter, Dale Soules (The Magic Show), Kristen Bell, Betsy Hogg, Sevrin Anne Mason and Stephen Lee Anderson. Angela Bettis (The Father, opposite Frank Langella) plays scheming Abigail. Arthur Miller The Crucible on Broadway,  In The Crucible, opening March 7, Laura Linney will play the prudish wife of Liam Neeson's John Proctor. Designing The Crucible are Paul Gallo (lighting) and Tim Hatley (sets and costumes). Arthur Miller The Crucible on Broadway,