Jessica Chastain, Like Her Character, Is Trapped in This ‘Doll’s House’

Her Nora is, alas, less of a discovery than Arian Moayed’s Torvald — and more of a piece with the overall production, which can threaten to drown its aspirations in understatement.

Via ‘A Doll’s House’
Okieriete Onaodowan and Jessica Chastain in ‘A Doll’s House.’ Via ‘A Doll’s House’

Anyone wishing to behold the gorgeous, Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain live and in person likely won’t get a better opportunity than the one offered by a new revival of “A Doll’s House.” Not only does Ms. Chastain, who’s returning to Broadway for the first time in more than a decade, remain onstage throughout the production, but she’s present for about 20 minutes before the dialogue begins — seated in a chair on Soutra Gilmour’s bare, revolving set, silent and immobile, her face devoid of expression.  

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