Witches Can Be Right

Last Midnight and No Good Deed as twin moral reckonings

In the final act of The Crucible, John Proctor cries out, “I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!” The real devil, he suggests, isn’t the accused witch but the accuser—the community that needs a scapegoat to avoid confronting its own sins. Musical theatre’s witches know this truth intimately. They’ve l…