"There are incisive performances from Jason Butler Harner as Abigail's uncle, the slippery Rev. Samuel Parris, [...], Tina Benko and Thomas Jay Ryan [...]; and Brenda Wehle, superb as Rebecca Nurse, a charitable pillar of the community who dismisses the adolescent girls' feverishness as the "silly season" she recognizes from her numerous children and grandchildren." Full Review at The Hollywood Reporter
Other Reviews:
The New York Times - "The director Ivo van Hove and a dazzling international cast [ .. . ] 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.
The Washington Post - "Van Hove’s fully-realized version puts ecstatic new flesh on the estimable bones of one of Miller’s greatest plays."
Vulture - "[A] gripping, emotional revival, directed by the Belgian avant-gardist Ivo van Hove...[. . .] In important supporting roles, Jason Butler Harner, Tina Benko, Thomas Jay Ryan, Brenda Wehle, Bill Camp, and Jim Norton all make strong impressions while being dragged down by the whirlpool of communal rage."
The New York Times - "The director Ivo van Hove and a dazzling international cast [ .. . ] 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.
The Washington Post - "Van Hove’s fully-realized version puts ecstatic new flesh on the estimable bones of one of Miller’s greatest plays."
Vulture - "[A] gripping, emotional revival, directed by the Belgian avant-gardist Ivo van Hove...[. . .] In important supporting roles, Jason Butler Harner, Tina Benko, Thomas Jay Ryan, Brenda Wehle, Bill Camp, and Jim Norton all make strong impressions while being dragged down by the whirlpool of communal rage."