Henrik Ibsen
In this always compelling production, director Carey Perloff decided to bring the uncanny on stage, almost as a sixth character, in the form of composer/musician David Coulter.
Read MoreAn invigorating staging of Henrik Ibsen’s still pertinent play about spinelessness up and down the political spectrum.
Read MoreThis is a thoroughly pedestrian production — wobbly, uninspired, and often downright tedious.
Read MoreIn this Shaw Festival production we have something all too 21st century: the deliberate dumbing down of a complex play.
Read MoreDespite some awkward staging decisions and the script tampering, there is plenty of lively drive in this production of Hedda Gabler.
Read MoreAn underground academic critic explores the fascinating intersections between the Kardashian sisters’ novel “Dollhouse” and Ibsen’s play “A Doll House.” The more things change …
Read MoreHenrik Ibsen’s rejection of the everyday drives this compelling take on “Hedda Gabler” – the production generates a theatrical arena that is simultaneously acrobatic and surreal.
Read MoreDramatist Theresa Rebeck’s updated version of Ibsen’s play strengthens one key aspect of A Doll’s House—its picture of savage incomprehension between man and woman, which drives Ibsen’s call for independence and self-respect in a society that rewards complacency, greed, and childish role-playing. DollHouse by Theresa Rebeck. Based on A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Directed…
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