The 2023 Tony Awards race for Best Play has already made history, even before the winner will be revealed on June 11. For the first time, three Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas were nominated in the same season for the top honor. According to Gold Derby’s theatre pundits, though, none of those works will take home the prize. Sam Eckmann and I recently reconvened to debate this “extraordinarily strong category” and the 10 other play races ahead of Sunday’s ceremony. Watch the full video slugfest above.
Out front all season long, Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” looks to retain its edge for the prize of Best Play. Both Sam and I predict the breadth and topicality of the legendary playwright’s work will propel the Olivier-winning drama to victory, but we both have Pulitzer-winner “Fat Ham” in a strong second place. “I think ‘Fat Ham’ feels like it’s another play that is speaking to right now,...
Out front all season long, Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” looks to retain its edge for the prize of Best Play. Both Sam and I predict the breadth and topicality of the legendary playwright’s work will propel the Olivier-winning drama to victory, but we both have Pulitzer-winner “Fat Ham” in a strong second place. “I think ‘Fat Ham’ feels like it’s another play that is speaking to right now,...
- 6/8/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Jessica Chastain was terrified to return to the stage.
Though the Academy Award-winner was trained at Juilliard and began her career in theater, with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé led by Al Pacino, she rejected any attempt to return to it in recent years. That is until she had lunch with director Jamie Lloyd (who also brought Betrayal to Broadway with Tom Hiddleston) and they eventually landed on the title of A Doll’s House and the lead role of Nora Helmer, which Lloyd assured Chastain she was more than capable of handling.
This revival of the classic Henrik Ibsen play, in a new version by Amy Herzog, still explores the life of Nora, trapped within and fighting against the confines of her marriage. But Chastain had not initially realized Lloyd was envisioning a bare-bones revival running close to two intermission-less hours, with no props or scenery, not...
Though the Academy Award-winner was trained at Juilliard and began her career in theater, with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé led by Al Pacino, she rejected any attempt to return to it in recent years. That is until she had lunch with director Jamie Lloyd (who also brought Betrayal to Broadway with Tom Hiddleston) and they eventually landed on the title of A Doll’s House and the lead role of Nora Helmer, which Lloyd assured Chastain she was more than capable of handling.
This revival of the classic Henrik Ibsen play, in a new version by Amy Herzog, still explores the life of Nora, trapped within and fighting against the confines of her marriage. But Chastain had not initially realized Lloyd was envisioning a bare-bones revival running close to two intermission-less hours, with no props or scenery, not...
- 5/2/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The nominations are in for the upcoming 76th Tony Awards, and several stars of the big and small screen are among this year’s line-up of contenders, including Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy), Samuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), and Jodie Comer (Killing Eve). Chastain, who plays Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House, and Comer, who plays Tessa Ensler in Prima Facie, are both nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play. Meanwhile, Jackson is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his role as Doaker Charles in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. The jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film Some Like It Hot leads the pack with 13 nominations, including the highly-coveted Best Musical. Following closely behind with nine nominations apiece are & Juliet, Shucked, and New York, New York, all of which...
- 5/2/2023
- TV Insider
“We’re going after so many deep truths,” reveals Arian Moayed of the current revival of “A Doll’s House.” Director Jamie Lloyd has staged Amy Herzog’s new adaptation on a mostly bare stage, with an ever rotating turntable. Moayed has discovered that the format leads to new surprises, and audience reactions, at every performance. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“It’s both completely new and completely difficult,” notes Moayed of the play’s stylized presentation. He portrays Torvald in the revival, the controlling husband to Nora (played by Oscar winner Jessica Chastain). Unlike a traditional staging where space is clearly defined, the actor cannot designate areas of the playing space for certain activities to give himself anchor points. “I am completely exposed to you,” he explains, “It really puts a lot of focus on us, making sure that we are connected just by our words.”
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“It’s both completely new and completely difficult,” notes Moayed of the play’s stylized presentation. He portrays Torvald in the revival, the controlling husband to Nora (played by Oscar winner Jessica Chastain). Unlike a traditional staging where space is clearly defined, the actor cannot designate areas of the playing space for certain activities to give himself anchor points. “I am completely exposed to you,” he explains, “It really puts a lot of focus on us, making sure that we are connected just by our words.”
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- 4/20/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain is ready to take a big bite out of a juicy role at Apple TV+.
Fresh off her co-leading role in Showtime’s George & Tammy, Chastain has signed on to headline and serve as an executive producer on The Savant, Apple TV+ announced on Monday.
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Fresh off her co-leading role in Showtime’s George & Tammy, Chastain has signed on to headline and serve as an executive producer on The Savant, Apple TV+ announced on Monday.
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Although “storyline and...
- 3/27/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
This year’s Tonys will be held on June 11, so the American Theatre Wing will likely be announcing its lifetime achievement award recipient in the near future. Who do you think should take home this prestigious trophy, which honors an individual’s body of work? It has gone to veteran stage performers, directors, choreographers, playwrights, songwriters, producers, and designers. In some years we get multiple recipients.
Last year legendary five-time competitive Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living performers have also already received this award and thus won’t be chosen again: Tommy Tune, James Earl Jones, Chita Rivera, and Rosemary Harris.
Here are the 10 possibilities featured in our poll below, all performers over the age of 65. Vote to let us know who you’d like to see honored.
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Last year legendary five-time competitive Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living performers have also already received this award and thus won’t be chosen again: Tommy Tune, James Earl Jones, Chita Rivera, and Rosemary Harris.
Here are the 10 possibilities featured in our poll below, all performers over the age of 65. Vote to let us know who you’d like to see honored.
SEEBrian d’Arcy James (‘Into the...
- 3/18/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Henrik Ibsen’s world-(in)famous play “A Doll’s House” has not been seen on Broadway in over 25 years, when Janet McTeer led a production under the direction of Anthony Page. Now, into the shoes of legendary character Nora Helmer steps Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, starring in a work adapted by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Amy Herzog and directed by Tony Award nominee Jamie Lloyd. “A Doll’s House” opened March 9 at the Hudson Theatre and will play through June 10, just one day before the Tonys.
Joining Chastain in Ibsen’s form-defining domestic drama about the oppressive gender politics of the so-called private sphere in nineteenth-century Norway are Emmy nominee Arian Moayed as her husband Torvald, Okieriete Onaodowan as the opportunistic Nils Krogstad, Michael Patrick Thornton as the sympathetic Dr. Rank, Jesmille Darbouze as Nora’s old friend Kristine Linde, and Tasha Lawrence as the Helmers’ nanny.
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Joining Chastain in Ibsen’s form-defining domestic drama about the oppressive gender politics of the so-called private sphere in nineteenth-century Norway are Emmy nominee Arian Moayed as her husband Torvald, Okieriete Onaodowan as the opportunistic Nils Krogstad, Michael Patrick Thornton as the sympathetic Dr. Rank, Jesmille Darbouze as Nora’s old friend Kristine Linde, and Tasha Lawrence as the Helmers’ nanny.
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- 3/10/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
‘A Doll’s House’ Theater Review: Jessica Chastain Blazes in Intensely Intimate Take on Ibsen Classic
Jessica Chastain is already seated onstage, in character as Nora Helmer, when the audience starts filing in for A Doll’s House. Looking every inch the gorgeous, troubled trophy wife in a period-nonspecific black dress, her expression a mask of numb absence, she circuits the stage over and over on a slow turntable. She will rarely leave that chair over the course of this transfixing slow-boil take on the landmark Ibsen drama, which builds a bridge between its original 1879 setting and the present day in Amy Herzog’s laser-focused new modern adaptation.
Mounted with daring austerity even by the usual pared-down standards of director Jamie Lloyd, the production finds scorching intensity in stillness. Simple wooden chairs — plus the wheelchair used by actor Michael Patrick Thornton, who plays sickly cynic Dr. Rank with delicious bone-dry affectlessness and simmering sexual tension — are the only scenic or prop elements in the stark playing space.
Mounted with daring austerity even by the usual pared-down standards of director Jamie Lloyd, the production finds scorching intensity in stillness. Simple wooden chairs — plus the wheelchair used by actor Michael Patrick Thornton, who plays sickly cynic Dr. Rank with delicious bone-dry affectlessness and simmering sexual tension — are the only scenic or prop elements in the stark playing space.
- 3/10/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At more than a few points during Jamie Lloyd’s hypnotic Broadway revival of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, you could swear that stars Jessica Chastain and Succession‘s Arian Moayed are confiding in you, whispering their secrets to no one else. This stark, sometimes chilly production is an eavesdropper’s paradise, so intimate and conversational that all but the most guarded among us will be susceptible to its frequent enticements.
Perhaps “most guarded” isn’t fair. There are others who might resist the show’s languid entreaties. Any aversion to minimalism or even the vaguely avant-garde might spur disappointment in this production. There are no period costumes here, no homey 19th century furnishings or Christmas trees in sight. This Doll’s House, opening tonight at the Hudson Theatre, is as much suggestion as action, our main character seated in a chair throughout nearly all of the play, even when she dances.
Perhaps “most guarded” isn’t fair. There are others who might resist the show’s languid entreaties. Any aversion to minimalism or even the vaguely avant-garde might spur disappointment in this production. There are no period costumes here, no homey 19th century furnishings or Christmas trees in sight. This Doll’s House, opening tonight at the Hudson Theatre, is as much suggestion as action, our main character seated in a chair throughout nearly all of the play, even when she dances.
- 3/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As Broadway moves toward its busy spring season, star power has returned to the Great White Way and boosted box offices in the process.
After making her Broadway debut in 2012, Jessica Chastain has returned to star as Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House. The classic Henrik Ibsen play, which was adapted by Amy Herzog and directed by Jamie Lloyd, began previews at the Hudson Theatre on Feb. 13 and has played to nearly full houses so far, minting a strong $811,261 in its first full week of performances.
The musical Parade, starring Ben Platt, began previews Feb. 21 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and played to more than 100 percent capacity (including standing-room tickets), bringing in just above $587,000 in its first four preview performances. This came as the revival — which chronicles the true story of a Jewish factory worker who was wrongly accused of murdering a teenage girl and then lynched by a...
After making her Broadway debut in 2012, Jessica Chastain has returned to star as Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House. The classic Henrik Ibsen play, which was adapted by Amy Herzog and directed by Jamie Lloyd, began previews at the Hudson Theatre on Feb. 13 and has played to nearly full houses so far, minting a strong $811,261 in its first full week of performances.
The musical Parade, starring Ben Platt, began previews Feb. 21 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and played to more than 100 percent capacity (including standing-room tickets), bringing in just above $587,000 in its first four preview performances. This came as the revival — which chronicles the true story of a Jewish factory worker who was wrongly accused of murdering a teenage girl and then lynched by a...
- 3/8/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With Jessica Chastain’s Golden Globes mask, the actress proved face-wear remains fashionable. But the Oscar winner said it was about more than just nailing her awards show look.
While speaking to E! News during their red-carpet pre-show Tuesday night, the George & Tammy star addressed her sparkling face mask, which matched her dress and was designed by Oscar de la Renta. Of her decision to wear the face covering, the actress expressed a little fear over attending the ceremony amid the ongoing spread of Covid-19 variants.
But she also revealed, while mentioning her upcoming lead performance in an update of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House for Broadway, that the mask was about more than alleviating personal concerns. “I’m a little nervous about getting sick. But, I got my mask,” she said. “You have to be so careful in the theater because I don’t want to let my cast down.
While speaking to E! News during their red-carpet pre-show Tuesday night, the George & Tammy star addressed her sparkling face mask, which matched her dress and was designed by Oscar de la Renta. Of her decision to wear the face covering, the actress expressed a little fear over attending the ceremony amid the ongoing spread of Covid-19 variants.
But she also revealed, while mentioning her upcoming lead performance in an update of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House for Broadway, that the mask was about more than alleviating personal concerns. “I’m a little nervous about getting sick. But, I got my mask,” she said. “You have to be so careful in the theater because I don’t want to let my cast down.
- 1/11/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Jessica Chastain is returning to Broadway a decade after her debut to help put a new spin on Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play A Doll’s House.
The Oscar-winning actress and The Nurse star will portray Nora Helmer in an upcoming modernized take on the groundbreaking play. The new version hails from The Jamie Lloyd Company and will come from scribe and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog, with direction by Jamie Lloyd.
The show will open on March 9 at the Hudson Theatre for a 16-week limited engagement, with previews set to begin on Feb. 13. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 6 following an exclusive presale for American Express card members.
Additional casting and creative team members will be announced at a later date.
Premiering in 1879 at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, A Doll’s House offered a stark and seemingly enduring message about sexism,...
Jessica Chastain is returning to Broadway a decade after her debut to help put a new spin on Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play A Doll’s House.
The Oscar-winning actress and The Nurse star will portray Nora Helmer in an upcoming modernized take on the groundbreaking play. The new version hails from The Jamie Lloyd Company and will come from scribe and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog, with direction by Jamie Lloyd.
The show will open on March 9 at the Hudson Theatre for a 16-week limited engagement, with previews set to begin on Feb. 13. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 6 following an exclusive presale for American Express card members.
Additional casting and creative team members will be announced at a later date.
Premiering in 1879 at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, A Doll’s House offered a stark and seemingly enduring message about sexism,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eight months after winning the Oscar for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Jessica Chastain has set her return to the Broadway stage in one of the greatest roles in the theatre. Under the direction of Tony nominee Jamie Lloyd, the actress will star as Nora Helmer in a reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic “ A Doll’s House.” In their announcement, the New York Times shares that a spring 2023 opening date, theatre, and additional casting have not yet been revealed.
For this reinvigorated take on the nineteenth-century play, Lloyd has teamed up with Off-Broadway scribe Amy Herzog, a Pulitzer-Prize finalist who will revise the work. The production will mark Chastain’s second Broadway outing, having previously made her debut in “The Heiress” in 2012. This Oscar season, Chastain has two high-profile films in contention, too, with “The Good Nurse” and “Armageddon Time.”
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For this reinvigorated take on the nineteenth-century play, Lloyd has teamed up with Off-Broadway scribe Amy Herzog, a Pulitzer-Prize finalist who will revise the work. The production will mark Chastain’s second Broadway outing, having previously made her debut in “The Heiress” in 2012. This Oscar season, Chastain has two high-profile films in contention, too, with “The Good Nurse” and “Armageddon Time.”
See ‘Death of a Salesman’ revival reviews: ‘Sensational’ Wendell Pierce,...
- 11/16/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Jessica Chastain is to make her West End theater debut in a new production of A Doll’s House.
The Zero Dark Thirty star will star as Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s play, adapted by Frank McGuiness. In the play, Helmer, confronts her husband Torvald with her own brutal realization that by marrying she has moved from her father’s dollhouse into yet another situation of economic dependency.
The play was originally adapted by McGuiness for Broadway in 1997 by Bill Kenwright. A Doll’s House will run at the Playhouse Theatre in London from June 10 until September 5 2020. It marks Chastain’s first stage role since she starred in Henry James’s The Heiress on Broadway in 2012.
It is part of a season of plays directed by Jamie Lloyd, which also includes James McAvoy in Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Martin Crimp.
Next up for Chastain are...
The Zero Dark Thirty star will star as Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s play, adapted by Frank McGuiness. In the play, Helmer, confronts her husband Torvald with her own brutal realization that by marrying she has moved from her father’s dollhouse into yet another situation of economic dependency.
The play was originally adapted by McGuiness for Broadway in 1997 by Bill Kenwright. A Doll’s House will run at the Playhouse Theatre in London from June 10 until September 5 2020. It marks Chastain’s first stage role since she starred in Henry James’s The Heiress on Broadway in 2012.
It is part of a season of plays directed by Jamie Lloyd, which also includes James McAvoy in Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Martin Crimp.
Next up for Chastain are...
- 10/25/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In Nicole Holofcener’s sixth feature, adapted from Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel, a man’s midlife crisis is rendered with tragicomic sincerity
The women of writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s films have often been described as “dysfunctional” or “complicated”, the most rote of the catchwords used to suggest a kind of tough-as-nails realism. They are women, frequently single, sharp-tongued and exasperating, who evoke Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking Nordic anti-heroines, Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler and Helene Alving, and the comic neuroses of Woody Allen, of whom Holofcener has been called the female counterpart. Like some, but not all, of Allen’s women – I’m thinking of Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo and, of course, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall – Holofcener’s protagonists are flawed, wry, introspective and modern. They’re easy to love on-screen, if less so to the people they’re on-screen with.
The women of writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s films have often been described as “dysfunctional” or “complicated”, the most rote of the catchwords used to suggest a kind of tough-as-nails realism. They are women, frequently single, sharp-tongued and exasperating, who evoke Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking Nordic anti-heroines, Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler and Helene Alving, and the comic neuroses of Woody Allen, of whom Holofcener has been called the female counterpart. Like some, but not all, of Allen’s women – I’m thinking of Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo and, of course, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall – Holofcener’s protagonists are flawed, wry, introspective and modern. They’re easy to love on-screen, if less so to the people they’re on-screen with.
- 9/13/2018
- by Jake Nevins
- The Guardian - Film News
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