NEW YORK — Oscar winner Jessica Chastain’s return to Broadway will breathe new life into an old classic.
The acclaimed actress, known for film roles such as “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “The Help” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” will star in Jamie Lloyd’s upcoming revival of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 drama “A Doll’s House,” it was announced Wednesday.
The three-act play about Norwegian housewife Nora Helmer — who leaves her overbearing husband and family — will be modernized by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog.
The “Molly’s Game” star made her Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of “The Heiress.” She said she has had a collaboration with Lloyd in mind for the past five years. The Tony Award-nominated Lloyd previously helmed acclaimed Broadway productions of “Betrayal” and “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
Chastain, 45, said in a statement that the new production of “A Doll’s House” was set to start rehearsals in London in April 2020, “But little did we know what the world (and a pandemic) had in store for us.”
“While home in New York, walking around the empty theatre district made my heart hurt,” she added. “New York has been my home for over 20 years, and it’s immensely important to me to take care of this city and support my artist neighbors.”
“A Doll’s House” has been produced more than a dozen times on Broadway. Its last revival was a four-time Tony Award-winning production in 1997 co-starring Janet McTeer and Owen Teale.
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