When this played in NYC someone told me it was good. I had a feeling from the title I knew exactly what it was about and would not enjoy it. If you dare to even think the words “The Crucible” around a certain type of theater person in NYC you will get a lecture on so-called “toxic masculinity” or “patriarchal systems of oppression.” Sadly, new work in the U.S. is only supported if it conforms to addressing a certain set of ideas, if a work tried to address other ideas or (gasp!) criticize the dogma, the work won’t get grant funding or institutional support. Worse, those of us attempting to get support outside of captured funding streams can’t find support from alternate sources because the right in the U.S. isn’t interested in the arts—though they should be if they cared about culture.