Photos: Lorde Visits The Cast of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN

On Friday, July 11, music superstar Lorde visited with the cast of John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway! Her song, "Greenlight", his featured predominantly in the show. See the photos here! 

Playwright Kimberly Belfower wrote: “l’ve been working on John Proctor is the Villain for seven years. From the very first draft, it ended in a dance and the dance was always always “Green Light.” JPITV simply doesn’t work without that song. To make the art I needed to make, I needed Lorde’s art. Her art has transformed my spirit over and over again and given me names to feelings I didn’t know how to articulate. Her art has been my teacher and my companion, in hard moments and glorious moments, in headphones on city streets, in cars on mountain back roads, in my very marrow. To share this play with her, to watch her hands dance in the air while her music blasts through the Booth Theatre, to look her in the eye and (attempt to) tell her what she means to me, to see her take such care with everyone who made this production, to hug her, to watch her stage door (!!!?!??) was maybe the most surreal and beautiful night in this entire surreal and beautiful journey. I will never ever ever forget it or get over it.”

At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into the American classic, the students begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero. With deep wells of passion and biting humor, John Proctor is the Villain is a new comedy from a major new American voice, capturing a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, and discovering that their future is not bound by the past.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Director Danya Taymor, Playwright Kimberly Belflower and Lorde

Playwright Kimberly Belflower, Lorde and Director Danya Taymor

Nihar Duvvuri, Morgan Scott, Maggie Kuntz, Lorde, Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo and Playwright Kimberly Belflower (Front Row L-R) Gabriel Ebert, Hagan Oliveras, Fina Strazza, Director Danya Taymor and Molly Griggs

Nihar Duvvuri, Morgan Scott, Maggie Kuntz, Lorde, Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo and Playwright Kimberly Belflower (Front Row L-R) Gabriel Ebert, Hagan Oliveras, Fina Strazza, Director Danya Taymor and Molly Griggs

Lorde with The Cast & Company of "John Proctor is the Villain"

Lorde and Sadie Sink

Lorde and Sadie Sink

Lorde and Sadie Sink

Lorde and Director Danya Taymor

Lorde and Playwright Kimberly Belflower

Lorde and Playwright Kimberly Belflower

Lorde, Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo, Molly Griggs and Fina Strazza

Lorde and Sadie Sink

Lorde signs the lockers backstage

Lorde signs the lockers backstage

Lorde's inscription on the lockers backstage

Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo, Playwright Kimberly Belflower, Fina Strazza, Molly Griggs and Lorde

Molly Griggs and Lorde

Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo, Playwright Kimberly Belflower, Fina Strazza, Molly Griggs and Lorde

Lorde and Sadie Sink

Morgan Scott, Sue Wagner, Lorde, Sadie Sink, Amalia Yoo, Molly Griggs, Fina Strazza

Gabriel Ebert and Director Danya Taymor

Lorde and Fina Strazza

Lead Producer John Johnson, Lorde and Lead Producer Sue Wagner

Assistant Company Manager Beatriz Izidoro, Lorde and Company Manager Chandler Jez

Lorde

Lorde

Lorde

Lorde

Sadie Sink signs at the stage door

Sadie Sink signs at the stage door

Lorde Sadie signs at the stage door

Lorde Sadie signs at the stage door

Lorde Sadie signs at the stage door

Lorde with The Cast & Company of "John Proctor is the Villain"

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