Photos: See Lorde at John Proctor is the Villain—And Sadie Sink’s Final Bow

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Photos: See Lorde at John Proctor is the Villain—And Sadie Sink’s Final Bow

It was a busy weekend for the Kimberly Belflower play on Broadway.

If you’ve seen Kimberly Belflower’s hit Broadway play, John Proctor is the Villain, you will know that the biggest artistic influence in the play isn’t Arthur Miller; It’s New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde—whose song “Green Light” plays a very important part in the show. 

Lorde is not officially affiliated with the show, but she did enthusiastically sign off on the usage of her hit pop song after Belflower wrote her a long letter. And on July 11, the musician saw the play, met with the cast, and even signed Playbills at the stage door. And it seemed like she loved the show, according to Belflower: “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.”

See the photos of Lorde’s visit to the Booth Theatre on Broadway below.

That wasn’t all. On July 13, John Proctor star (and 2025 Tony nominee) Sadie Sink took her final bow in the play. The Stranger Things actor played social outcast Shelby Holcomb—the role will now be played by Chiara Aurelia beginning July 15. See photos of Sink’s final Broadway bow below.

John Proctor is the Villain was nominated for seven 2025 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Direction of a Play, Lighting Design of a Play, Sound Design of a Play, and three performance categories, including Leading Actress in a Play for Sink, Featured Actor in a Play for Gabriel Ebert, and Featured Actress in a Play for Fina Strazza.

The cast also includes Nihar Duvvuri (Romeo + Juliet) as Mason Adams, Tony winner and 2025 Tony nominee Ebert (Matilda) as Carter Smith, Molly Griggs (Hello, Dolly!) as Bailey Gallagher, Maggie Kuntz (The Outsiders) as Ivy Watkins, Hagan Oliveras (Our Town) as Lee Turner, Morgan Scott (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) as Nell Shaw, 2025 Tony nominee Strazza (Matilda) as Beth Powell, and Amalia Yoo (No Hard Feelings) as Raelynn Nix.

The production understudies are Noah Pacht, Fiona Robberson, Shian Tomlinson, Garrett Young, and Victoria Vourkoutiotis.

READ: How To Get $29 Tickets to John Proctor is the Villain

The work, a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, was commissioned by The Farm Theater in 2017. Following workshops at Farm Theater and Ojai Playwrights Conference, the play premiered at Centre College in 2018, and has since been produced at Furman University, Rollins College, Washington D.C.’s Studio Theatre, and Boston’s Huntington.

Danya Taymor directs, with a creative team that includes scenic designer AMP featuring Teresa Williams, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Natasha Katz, sound designer Palmer Hefferan, projection designer Hannah Wasileski, movement director Tilly Evans-Krueger, hair, wig and make-up design by J. Jared Janas, and intimacy coordinator Ann James. Gigi Buffington serves as voice and dialect coach. Casting is by Taylor Williams.

Sue Wagner, John Johnson, John Mara Jr., Runyonland, and Eric Falkenstein are producing.