A Doll's House (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (593)
See it if You want to see one of the greatest actresses of our generation
Don't see it if No reasons
See it if You want two hours of Jessica Chastain’s stunning acting in a minimalist set
Don't see it if You want big sets and costumes and don’t like serious drama
See it if You want a bare bones staging with intense acting in the way only Jamie Lloyd could direct it. Brilliant performance from Chastain
Don't see it if You want big physical sets or a literal production
See it if you want to see one of the best revivals in recent memory.
Don't see it if You don't like dialogue driven plays
See it if you want to see some great acting performances (Jessica Chastain crushes it).
Don't see it if You like design elements (costume, set, etc) to enhance the play as opposed to being distilled to nothing. Read more
See it if you love minimalism and surrealism in theatre, and are in the mood for something artistic that will keep you thinking
Don't see it if if you want to see big flashy theatre
See it if you want to see top-tier acting
Don't see it if you want a proper set and elaborate costumes
See it if You love to see a Master Piece!
Don't see it if If you want to miss out on a Master Piece!!
Critic Reviews (30)
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."
Read more
"The superb Jessica Chastain plays Nora Helmer ... and Jamie Lloyd’s staging zeroes in on her with relentless focus."
Read more
“The new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ starring Jessica Chastain is laser-focused, laid bare, and simply stunning. “
Read more
“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”
Read more
“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.”
Read more
"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."
Read more
"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."
Read more
"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.
Read more