Show And Tell: 5 Powerful And Provocative New Broadway Plays

Catch these dramatic premieres and revivals on the New York stage
From: NewNowNext

 Musicals steal the spotlight, but it’s been an uncommonly good season for crowd-pleasing straight plays with queer themes and big stars. Here’s the scoop on five buzz worthy shows that recently opened on the Great White Way.

A Doll’s House, Part 2

Playwright Lucas Hnath audaciously imagines a shrewd, surprisingly funny sequel to Ibsen’s scandalous 1879 masterwork, which ended when Nora Helmer walked out the door like Gloria Gaynor, leaving behind her kids and suffocating spouse. Naturalistic director Sam Gold directs a peerless cast ferociously led by Laurie Metcalf as the polemical protofeminist, who returns home after 15 years and sparks a spirited debate about marriage.

Golden Theatre through July 23.