The Crucible
Opening Night: March 7, 2002
Closing: June 9, 2002
Theater: August Wilson Theatre
Liam Neeson and Laura Linney star in the revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Set in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, a young woman, infatuated with a married man, accuses his innocent wife of witchcraft. Richard Eyre directs this production, which also features Brian Murray, Anne Pitoniak, John Benjamin Hickey, and more.
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March 8, 2002
When the Devil comes to call, it sure helps if you have star power on your side. Playing a husband and wife under moral siege during the Salem witch trials, Liam Neeson and Laura Linney bring a transfixing heat to Richard Eyre’s otherwise merely sweaty revival of ”The Crucible,” which opened last night at the Virginia Theater.
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