Ghosts Revival
Closing: April 26, 2025Ghosts - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
150 West 65th St. at Broadway New York, NY 10023
After several years abroad, Helena Alving’s son has returned home. He carries with him a terrifying secret. Ibsen’s Ghosts is a devastating moral thriller in which ideas of love, duty and family are mercilessly put to the test. This spectacular new version, written by one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Mark O’Rowe, and directed by Jack O’Brien, grabs you by the throat from the outset and refuses to let go – all the way to its electrifying climax.
Ghosts - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Ghosts
A Ghosts That Doesn’t Go Mad
6 / 10
Jack O’Brien’s new attempt on Ibsen’s reviled and—eventually—revered truth-bomb doesn’t so much answer that question as sub it out for another less interesting one: What happens if you put a bunch of famous people in the show and, for the majority of its 110 minutes, play it pretty straight? In a streamlined, surprisingly low-key new translation by the Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe, this Ghosts doesn’t exactly founder, but it doesn’t haunt or horrify either. It feels stuck between times and impulses: 1880s Norway or now? Stylized or not? Unashamedly tragic or vaguely ironic?
‘Ghosts’ Review: The Sins of the Father, Visited on Everyone
8 / 10
Distasteful though that is, it’s good drama, and 'Ghosts' remains a provocative, engrossing work, to which O’Brien’s production does justice. It also does justice to the idea of provocative, engrossing work in the first place. 'Ghosts' is the 14th and presumably final collaboration between O’Brien and André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater’s producing artistic director, who is stepping down at the end of this season after 33 years with the company. Their notable productions of Hellman, Stoppard, Shakespeare and others have earned them this warm valedictory moment. And yet not totally valedictory. As 'Ghosts' demonstrates, men’s imprints do not fade so easily. And nothing is ever as haunted as a stage.
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by Bruce Glikas - March 19, 2025
See photos of Billy Crudup, who is currently starring in Ghosts at LCT, receiving his caricature at Sardi's! Learn more about Crudup and about the production of Ghosts.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2025
On Monday, March 10, Lincoln Center Theater celebrated the opening night of its production of Ibsen’s GHOSTS, featuring a new version by Mark O’Rowe and directed by Jack O’Brien. See photos from the evening here!
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025
Lincoln Center Theater celebrated the opening night of Ibsen’s Ghosts, featuring a new version by Mark O’Rowe and direction by Jack O’Brien, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse. Find out what all of the critics are saying!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2025
Now running at Lincoln Center Theater is Ibsen’s GHOSTS, featuring a new version by Mark O’Rowe and direction by Jack O’Brien, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse. Get a first look at footage here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 5, 2025
Lincoln Center Theater has extended the run of Henrik Ibsen’s GHOSTS. The cast features Billy Crudup, Lily Rabe and more. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
by Josh Sharpe - March 4, 2025
On a recent visit to Live with Kelly and Mark, Billy Crudup recalled a time during one of the first performances of his one-man show Harry Clarke when he had a panic attack and forgot his lines onstage. Watch him talk about the experience here.
by Josh Sharpe - February 25, 2025
On a recent visit to The Tonight Show, Billy Crudup talked about Ibsen's Ghosts and why the material is still timely hundreds of years after it was first written. Also on the show, Fallon surprised the performer with his long-awaited Sardi's portrait. Watch the video!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2025
Discover breathtaking photos from Lincoln Center Theater's GHOSTS, featuring a stellar cast including Ella Beatty and Billy Crudup. Experience this gripping new adaptation by Mark O'Rowe, directed by Jack O'Brien.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 13, 2025
The cast, crew and LCT staff gathered in a rehearsal hall in the backstage of the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater for the first rehearsal of GHOSTS. See photos here!
by Stephi Wild - January 6, 2025
Lincoln Center Theater has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Henrik Ibsen’s GHOSTS, featuring a new version by Mark O’Rowe and directed by Jack O’Brien. Learn more about the cast here!
Ghosts History
Other Productions of Ghosts
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| 1903 | Broadway |
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| 1912 | Broadway |
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| 1915 | Broadway |
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| 1927 | Broadway |
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| 1933 | Broadway |
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| 1948 | Broadway |
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| 1973 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1975 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1982 | Broadway |
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| 1988 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2002 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2010 | West End |
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| 2013 | West End |
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| 2015 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2025 | West End |
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Ghosts - 2025 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Lily Rabe |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Lily Rabe |
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