A Doll's House thrust drama firmly into the modern age when it premiered in 1879. Now, nearly a century-and-a-half later, Tony Award nominee Jamie Lloyd and acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog will make freshly relevant a story that shocked audiences and brought forth a new era of theater. One of the most acclaimed actors of her generation, Jessica Chastain will inhabit one of the theater's most iconic roles, re-energizing the play for a whole new generation.
When the time finally arrives for Nora to slam that door with no door in sight, Lloyd and Gilmour have a stunningly abrupt solution which will likely leave you agape. Nothing Mr. Ibsen would have or could have imagined; but for Herzog’s adaptation, and for the 2023 audience at the Hudson off Times Square, it is a jolt that indeed honors—and contemporizes—the playwright’s door slam heard round the world.
Other than the music and Chastain’s extremely emotive performance, Jamie Lloyd’s direction is a parody of minimalism in the theater. Props are banished. A few minor characters have been dropped. The actors all wear black (very Banana Republic), the costumes designed by Soutra Gilmour and Enver Chakartash. Gilmour’s set is not really a set, but an empty stage that has been painted the ubiquitous black, with a band of white spread across the bottom of the upstage brick wall so that Jon Clark’s severe lighting can occasionally throw the actors’ silhouettes against it. When the music isn’t cueing the portentousness of it all, huge banks of lighting equipment are lowered and then raised to signal ever more impending doom.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2023 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Amy Herzog |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | Amy Herzog |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Arian Moayed |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Jessica Chastain |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Ben Ringham |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jessica Chastain |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Arian Moayed |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | A Doll's House |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Jessica Chastain |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Chastain |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jon Clark |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Arian Moayed |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | A Doll's House |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Ben & Max Ringham |
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