Usually stripping a play down to the bare essentials renders it rawer and more authentic. Not so in the uneven revival of “A Doll’s House,” starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, that ...

Elizabeth Reaser and Jason Butler Harner star in the Pasadena Playhouse production of 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' the clever Lucas Hnath comedy that earned Laurie Metcalf a Tony on Broadway.

There are no props in director Jamie Lloyd’s version of Henrik Ibsen’s drama “A Doll’s House” — no sets, no costumes (just plain contemporary clothing in dark blue), not even a curtain ...