The Salem witch trials are a strange, shadowy part of our past: ... The children are in charge," said Susan Marie Rhea, who is directing "The Crucible" at Keegan Theatre for the second time.

The infamous witch trials may have put this Boston suburb on the map, but they’ve also overshadowed much of its magic. Here’s ...

Salem Witch Trials Are Revived With Intensity in 'The Crucible' Throughout the school year, the Fairfax Extra publishes occasional reviews of high school shows written by student critics under the ...

Shasta College’s latest stage production ‘The Crucible’ evokes memories of the Salem witch trial. News Sports Opinion Business Entertainment Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

For a play about witches and the spells they cast, “Becky Nurse of Salem” is long on hocus-pocus and short on everything else. Sarah Ruhl’s new play opened Monday at LTC’s Mitzi E ...

The Salem witch trials of 1692 have inspired some great works of art, namely Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, one of the most famous plays in American theater. Miller’s 1953, Tony-winning classic was an ...

On re-reading "The Crucible," she was struck by the creative liberties Miller took with characters drawn from history. In the play, Proctor is a 35-year-old farmer, but the actual Proctor was 60.

The clerical garb on many of the men constantly evokes Salem's theocracy. David Finn designed the lights that enable frequent shadow--literally true in 1692 and eternally metaphorical in The Crucible.