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

Theater audiences are used to writers taking the classics and completely overhauling them. Last month, Off Broadway saw the openings of Thomas Bradshaw’s “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY” and Marcus Gardley ...