DOLLS HOUSE PT. 2 Will Close 9/24

Their recent grosses were just horrible. Glad I got to see this, though, it was an immensely interesting piece.

The decision to extend the show always seemed like an ARROGANT ploy by SCOTT RUDIN to try to win the TONY anyway... Whatever!

Updated On: 9/6/17 at 08:52 AM

Well, it had a good run- and I loved the play- it will not be forgotten- I bet regional theaters will have a heyday with this.

Call_me_jorge said: "Would love to see this tour in the same fashion as view from the bridge!"

I'd say a tour is highly unlikely, but I expect this to be a popular property with regional theaters in the coming years.

I concur, AC126748. I know people in my county are already biting at the bit to get the rights.

We saw this on Saturday (TKTS, row K, center) and loved it. We're huge Julie White fans and loved Stephen in "Riverside". He blew us away with this performance.

Bummer. I never got to see it, but A Doll's House is one of my favorite plays. That said, does anyone outside of savvy theatre people and academics even know the play? I'm curious how Part 2 will fair regionally.

It's a four-person comedy with a unit set and plum rolls for older actresses fresh off of a notable Broadway run.

It will be done everywhere.

I didn't love this play -- I thought it was a brilliant idea not fleshed out enough -- but I think it is a terrible shame that the longest running play of the 2016 - 2017 season could only manage a run of 25 weeks, and lets not forget how many of those performances were to half-filled and / or heavily discounted audiences. It is just awful what is happening to Broadway straight plays. Even Lincoln Center always seems to be looking for a long-run for the Beaumont, which should be doing rep a la the National Theatre or RSC in London.Where does it end?

I have this fear -- and i KNOW I'm being a little melodramatic -- that, 10 years from now, all we are going to be seeing are mega long runs, e.g., now in its 10th Year, Welcome to Margarittaville, now playing at the Booth, cartoons, juke box musicals, 1 serious new musical a season, the Roundabout and MTC.

I can see this having a real healthy life in colleges as well. Especially if professors make their students attend a performance after studying A Doll House (I know most people use A Doll's House, but I prefer A Doll House as the translation). Though the closing date is sad news, I think this play has been a success in that it was able to forge a unique identity outside the classic and not be a disaster of A Doll's Life proportions. I understand the criticisms that it didn't seem as fleshed out as it could have been and it came off as more of a feminist dissertation going through peer review at times, but I had a great time when I saw it and provided moments of true unexpected laughter. I'd love to see a performance of this again for non-Broadway prices.

Updated On: 9/6/17 at 11:15 AM

The thing that surprised me about the extension was the new cast. Let's think about it for a second: a Scott Rudin produced play on Broadway, with four wonderfully written roles by a fresh young voice in American Theatre, 4 top of their game actors to replace, 8 tony nominations, including all four roles/performers in the play (the iconic lead character role actually winning it), and a director many would chomp at the bit to work with. How could they not get anyone marketable? For a show that had to really build up its advance and word of mouth to run, they really didn't do anything substantial to keep people talking.