revival of “A Doll’s House,” starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, that opened Thursday night on Broadway. Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes.
At the Hudson Theatre, 141 W. 44th St.Despite an absorbing performance from the “Eyes of Tammy Faye” actress, British director Jamie Lloyd’s staging is as sterile as an operating room.
If only the actors donned colorful blue medical scrubs. Instead, everybody here wears drab, metropolitan black clothes. The set of wooden seats is dimly lit by eye-straining fluorescents.
The cast speaks softly into body mikes, which gives the play an NPR calmness. All things considered, it’s a lot of high-minded ideas that never cohere into a riveting whole.
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