Chastain stars in A DOLL'S HOUSE On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 9

For those looking for tickets, I used TodayTix about one hour before showtime (matinee in Wednesday) and got a wonderful dress circle center seat for 99 (including all fees)!


Jessica is giving a performance to remember, worlds better than her work in the Heiress. While I was not enthralled by the production completely, I really didn’t mind seeing a hyper-stylized production over a more traditional presentation. Most choices I found to be quite thoughtful…but others a bit laborious.

Has anyone been successful in getting rush tickets for this? I’ve tried several times and have not been able to get them.


if you have - where were your seats?

Have there been additional merchandise for sale other than the mug and T-shirt? Have they already made magnets?

I also could not see the final moment. What happened?

Chuck Lawrence said: "I also could not see the final moment. What happened?"

A link to what happens was provided in an earlier post.

CoffeeBreak said: "Tonight just t-shirt "I am a human", mugs & the posters. No magnets.

Chastain appeared under the weather. She coughed quite a few times during the show. For bows came on with a lozenge and continued to cough behind the red bucket speech. She still gave a lovely performance."

Thank you so much!

Jessica Chastain is giving a tour de force performance - truly astonishing, visceral and three dimensional.

The show however truly disappoints. Having been enthralled by Jamie Lloyd's CYRANO in every sense of the word, I couldn't wait to experience his brilliance in a theater. THE SEAGULL was the second show I saw of Jamie's and found it incredible listless and lifeless with the exception of some the cast including the incandescent Indira Varma and Daniel Monk But the soft spoken, sparse simplistic box set and choosing to have your actors seated whispering made for a bit of a confusing snooze fest.

In this production, I felt like I was getting THE SEAGULL Part Two (not to be confused with A Doll's House Part Two). The empty stage, the whispering, the rotating stage, actors mostly seated, the dimly lit stage, all did not illuminate any of Amy Herzog's adaptation. I appreciated the cast who are all doing outstanding work -- but the novelty of the production has lived there its date of expry. Same bag of tricks, same heavily miked whispering and in what is a full on epic fail of ATG, The Hudson Theater and The Jamie Lloyd Company -- the staging and selling of tickets. I bought seats right when they went on sale (huge mistake - as pricing lowered considerably) but it's major flaw - selling premium seating (without knowing row C would be the 1st row). Could barely see - and even though I knew of the ending - the last moment from Row D center of Orchestra.

DO NOT BUY TICKETS TO THIS IN ROW C - F I would warn. And avoid immediate house left. Also, it is a long almost 2 hours. Yes, Broadway is a business but ATG and JLC should be ashamed of themselves for selling heavily overpriced premium tickets with partial views.

Will be taking a break from Jamie Lloyd for the immediate future until he branches out of what now feels quite cookie cutter.

They only block the sidewalk. Like they do for just about EVERY show.



From the inside it doesn't look like a garage door.

I used DHBBOX at the box office the other day.

blaxx said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I used DHBBOX at the box office the other day."

Thanks!"

If you get this code to work please let me know. I have had no luck on the website using it.

Ah, I used it on a Thursday so wasn’t aware.

Just saw this tonight and thought it was absolutely fantastic. I really enjoyed how modern the dialogue felt, juxtaposed against how dated the situation that the characters were in was. Jessica Chastain was the perfect mix of tougher than she seems (even in her earlier conversation with Kristine) and naive/vulnerable. The other actors were all stellar as well, though I actually found Arian Moayed to be doing the least interesting of the bunch, but maybe that's the way his character is written (and I do think he did a good job regardless).

I was really not a fan of Betrayal and the starkness of the most recent revival, but I really enjoyed this and how much it almost felt like a thriller. I can really see how this earned the sound design nomination, which I thought only added to the effect. The turntable was also quite effective for me, and I enjoyed how the shadows were arranged on the back wall.

TDF seats were orchestra right row M, which were fantastic seats!

I am so glad I did not rush to get tickets when they first went on sale. I was able to catch this through TDF and unfortunately think it is an utter miss based on the pretentious staging. I lucked out and scored seats in row J of the orchestra which still felt too far away to feel any emotion. Guess that was stripped too. I hope to see JC again in the future on Broadway but I will definitely steer clear of the artistry of Jamie Lloyd. Just not for me.