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.

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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