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?
One of the most famous exits in modern drama prompts an entrance that bristles with tension, provocation and unexpected subversive humor in Lucas Hnath's terrific new play, A Doll's House, Part 2. After acquiring a rising-star reputation with spiky works like The Christians, about evangelical megachurches, and Red Speedo, about doping in professional sports, Hnath makes an audacious Broadway debut with this pithy sequel. It delivers explosive laughs while also posing thoughtful questions about marriage, gender inequality and human rights that reverberate across the almost 140 years since Henrik Ibsen's original was first produced in 1879.
Welcome back, Mrs. Helmer, if that's the name you still go by. And just what do you have to say for yourself after all these years? Quite a lot, it turns out, and they are words to hang on. Mr. Hnath's Broadway debut, which is directed by Sam Gold and features a magnificent Laurie Metcalf leading one of the best casts in town, is audaciously titled 'A Doll's House, Part 2.' Yes, it dares to be a sequel to Henrik Ibsen's revolutionary 1879 portrait of marriage as a women's prison.
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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