A Doll's House, Part 2
One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
A Doll's House, Part 2 - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
John Golden Theatre (Broadway)
252 West 45th St. New York, NY
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 - 2017 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR A Doll's House, Part 2
‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ review: Worthy Broadway sequel to Ibsen’s shocker
9 / 10
Boldly going where others found only pitfalls is Lucas Hnath's 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' which closed the door on this remarkable Broadway season with dazzling theatrical fireworks. The play - a psychologically serious, deliciously amusing tragicomedy - extends Ibsen's three-act, multicharacter masterwork with just four characters in an intense but surprisingly breezy 90 minutes.
Theater Review: Reopening That Door With A Doll’s House, Part 2
9 / 10
I have suppressed the impulse to interrogate the logic of the story too carefully; though it makes an unusually strong case for the road it takes, surely there are potholes. But this is not the point. Hnath is not using the preexisting characters and their backstory (let alone the real woman - a friend - on whom Ibsen based the tale) as ways of avoiding having to create something original; rather, they are springboards to something very new indeed. The march of progress, halting as it is, has allowed a male playwright in 2017 to write a work that the inhabitants of A Doll's House (Part 1) in 1879 could never have imagined: a great feminist comedy. By that I mean a stand-alone work that glories in the self-interest and correctability of all women - and all men.
A Doll's House, Part 2 History
Other Productions of A Doll's House, Part 2
| 2017 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2018 | Regional (US) |
Barrington Stage Company Production Regional (US) |
A Doll's House, Part 2 - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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