his riveting play is a sequel to Henrik Ibsen's famous A Doll’s House, a revolutionary 1879 portrait of marriage as a woman’s prison. It ended with Nora Helmer walking out on her husband and their three young children, slamming the door behind her.

You don't need to have seen Ibsen's original work to appreciate the drama and humor of A Doll’s House, Part 2. Set in 1894, it explores Nora’s return home after 15 years away. She's now a career woman, having become a successful and controversial writer, but her husband, Torvald, never divorced her, so she must confront him. The mood is lifted by humorous and emotional moments with her daughter, Emmy, and the Helmer family's nanny, Anne Marie.