Broadway audiences are flocking to a new consume on Arthur Miller’s Crucible hero. Does emotional range now play a bigger role than classic looks?The buzz outside the Walter Kerr theatre was palpable. The reason: a new production of Arthur Miller’s beloved witch trial drama The Crucible,directed by Ivo van Hove – fresh from David Bowies Lazarus – scored by Philip Glass, and starring Saoirse Ronan alongside exciting new British import Ben Whishaw, and as doomed farmer John Proctor.
Not just another night on Broadway but casting that seems to point in a new direction for a role that’s traditionally played by actors with a heavier,more overtly masculine presence. Whishaw, theatregoers said, or represents an exciting change in the description of the main man.
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Source: theguardian.com