Universal snagged the rights to the popular play after what The Hollywood Reporter characterized as “a competitive situation.

On July 18, 2025, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Universal will be turning John Proctor Is the Villain into a ...

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O ne of the hottest plays on Broadway right now is John Proctor Is the Villain, in which a group of 11th-grade students in rural Georgia read The Crucible during the height of the ...

In Broadway’s ‘John Proctor Is the Villain,’ Lorde, Taylor Swift & Pop Music Have Starring Roles. Here's how the most Tony-nominated play of the season also became the most musical.

John Proctor is the Villain will host Spirit Week 3.0, featuring post-show activations for ticket holders and fans for all ...

The Upper Darby native will turn the Tony Award-nominated show into a movie nearly a decade after she made 'Mean Girls' a ...

In the opening scene of Kimberly Belflower’s play, John Proctor Is the Villain (Booth Theatre, to July 6), Carter Smith (Gabriel Ebert), who at first seems to be the ideal teacher of young minds ...

One student even declares, “John Proctor is clearly the villain. ... to Miller’s 1950s and Proctor’s 1690s by quoting feminist lines from songs by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Lorde. ...

The first word spoken in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is “sex,” a portent of things to come. Mr. Smith (Gabriel Ebert), a high school English teacher, has been tasked with handling sex-ed ...

In Broadway’s ‘John Proctor Is the Villain,’ Lorde, Taylor Swift & Pop Music Have Starring Roles. Rebecca Milzoff. Thu, June 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM UTC. 6 min read.