This year’s Best Actress Oscar winner is heading to the stage: Jessica Chastain is returning to Broadway. Deadline reports that she’ll star as Nora Helmer in a “radical new production” of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” adapted by playwright Amy Herzog.
“A Doll’s House” first premiered in 1879. The iconic play tells the story of a Norwegian housewife who becomes unhappy with her marriage with her domineering husband.
Additional details on the upcoming Broadway play, including production dates, ticketing info, and additional cast are TBA.
Chastain emphasized that her “heart hurt” after witnessing the desolate state of the theater district during the COVID-19 shutdown and this role would enable