Directed by Tony-winner Sam Gold, a wildly inventive new American play that picks up after Henrik Ibsen's most cherished work concludes, A Doll's House, Part 2 will boast an all-star cast that features three-time Emmy Award-winner and three-time Tony Award-nominee Laurie Metcalf, Academy Award-winner Chris Cooper, Tony Award-winner Jayne Houdyshell and two-time Tony Award-nominee Condola Rashad.
In the final scene of Ibsen's 1879 ground-breaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. This climactic event - when Nora slams the door on everything in her life - instantly propelled world drama into the modern age. In A Doll's House, Part 2, many years have passed since Nora's exit. Now, there's a knock on that same door. Nora has returned. But why? And what will it mean for those she left behind?
A Doll's House, Part 2,' which is receiving its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, had its official opening on Thursday at Broadway's Golden Theatre in a separate production confirming that Lucas Hnath has written one of the year's best plays. Sam Gold's production resembles in its tasteful austerity Shelley Butler's slightly more posh West Coast staging. There's the same looming door that Nora slammed at the end of Ibsen's 'A Doll's House,' leaving behind her husband and three small children. There's the same vacated sitting room, equipped with just a few elegant chairs that can be shuffled around in the unlikely event anyone pays a social call to what looks like a domestic crime scene of a very cold case.
It's apparently never too late to create a sequel - even to a Norwegian domestic drama written more than a century ago. Lucas Hnath, who had two of his plays ('The Christians,' 'Red Speedo') produced last year by major off-Broadway companies to great acclaim, now makes his Broadway debut with the lightweight but feisty comedy 'A Doll's House, Part 2.' This marks the play's New York debut following a world premiere just last month on the West Coast.
2017 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2018 | Regional (US) |
Barrington Stage Company Production Regional (US) |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Laurie Metcalf |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | David Zinn |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Sam Gold |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jennifer Tipton |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Chris Cooper |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Condola Rashad |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lucas Hnath |
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