At more than a few points during Jamie Lloyd’s hypnotic Broadway revival of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House,’ you could swear that stars Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed are confiding in you, whispering their secrets to no one else. Read the full review here:
‘s Arian Moayed are confiding in you, whispering their secrets to no one else. This stark, sometimes chilly production is an eavesdropper’s paradise, so intimate and conversational that all but the most guarded among us will be immune to its frequent enticements.
On Soutra Gilmour’s spare, unfurnished – save for a chair or two – and rather ominous set, Chastain, her breathtaking beauty amplified by a gorgeous lighting design that might call to mind those classic Hollywood George Hurrell portraits, is seated in one of those straight-back chairs before the play proper even begins.
But Nora isn’t all she seems . For starters, she has a secret that, if known, could destroy Torvald’s fledgling career and the outwardly happy family life . As Nora’s world ever-so-slowly begins to crumble around her, she’s driven to a back-against-the-wall despair so great that suicide seems to be the only solution. She imagines the black, icy depths of the river in a way that seems both terrifying and, given the cramped limitations of her life, oddly freeing.
The excellent cast – including Tasha Lawrence as nanny Anne-Marie and Michael Patrick Thornton as the doomed, besotted Dr. Rank – is dressed in black and moves gracefully around the stage like so many chess pieces . Whether facing the audience, the back wall or anywhere in between, every position suggests something larger about each character’s relation to the others.
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