CRITIC’S PICK: “That we see these options so starkly is because everything else is pared away. Herzog’s dialogue, pruning the social floweriness and conversational whorls of Ibsen’s naturalism, gets right to the point of every line, leaving the text raw and red, as if exfoliated."
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"The superb Jessica Chastain plays Nora Helmer ... and Jamie Lloyd’s staging zeroes in on her with relentless focus."
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“The new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ starring Jessica Chastain is laser-focused, laid bare, and simply stunning. “
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“It all ends up making this production of ‘A Doll’s House’ feel like an exercise that acting students might do to get a better bearing on their characters”
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“In scrubbing away virtually all action and much interaction from the play, Mr. Lloyd reduces its power to move us to reflection and feeling. We are left with a skeleton of this still-vital play, all bones, no flesh.”
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"Anyone willing to give in to the wily charms and stealthy spell of this stark, thoughtful production will find a singular Broadway experience, a smart and captivating experiment in the power of the voice to transport us to places both far away and deep inside the human psyche."
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"If you are a fan of Chastain’s work, this is not something to miss, if only to watch how she builds outwards from inside a theatrical, and marital, box."
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"In this revival, what’s left is a beautiful, spacious clarity about what this oft-produced play is about, who these characters are, what they mean to one another and how they may (or may not) impact audiences of today.
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