In Nia DaCosta's elegantly searing drama "Hedda," Tessa Thompson makes a classic role entirely her own. As in Henrik Ibsen's play "Hedda Gabler," this Hedda is an unhappy, complicated woman who has entered into a marriage with a man she doesn't love, in order to give her the social status she wants. In the opening scenes, she strides through her magnificent English country home, red dress ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM on October 30, 2025