Fina Strazza is up for a Tony; she will not win. But it makes sense that she earned the recognition. The standard line is that nominations are really for characters; they're not for performances. Beth, in "John Proctor," takes a big Tony-friendly journey. (Also, it helps that Strazza's work is excellent.) When we meet Beth, we recognize a type: She is academically ambitious but socially stilted. She has deep thoughts about the feminist gestures in Lizzo's career ("I made worksheets!"), but she can't stay calm and civil during a low-stakes argument. In one of her finest moments, she is asked if she would like to have sex with Harry Styles, and she begins giggling uncontrollably. (The giggling is utterly plausible; for the unfeigned convulsion, and for that alone, Strazza already deserves a Tony Award.) In the span of a thirty-second chuckle-fit, Beth begins to grow up; she is half-acknowledging that she has desires and she is complicated. The "...