Director Danya Taymor, nominated for best direction of a play a year after winning a Tony for another teenage canon classic, “The Outsiders ... That screaming made the Playbill cover. “In my opinion, ...

This image released by O&M/DKC shows, from left, Maggie Kuntz, Morgan Scott and Amalia Yoo during a performance of "John Proctor Is the Villain" in New York.

NEW YORK — Kimberly Belflower knew “John Proctor is the Villain” needed its final cathartic scene to work — and, for that, it needed Lorde’s “Green Light.” “I literally told my ...

This image released by O&M/DKC shows, from left, Maggie Kuntz, Morgan Scott and Amalia Yoo during a performance of "John Proctor Is the Villain" in New York.

That screaming made the Playbill cover. “In my opinion, the look and feel of that campaign feels different from a traditional theatrical campaign, and it feels a lot closer to a film campaign ...

This image released by O&M/DKC shows, from left, Maggie Kuntz, Morgan Scott and Amalia Yoo during a performance of "John Proctor Is the Villain" in New York.

That screaming made the Playbill cover. “In my opinion, the look and feel of that campaign feels different from a traditional theatrical campaign, and it feels a lot closer to a film campaign ...