Ibsen's Shocking Tragedy

Lincoln Centre Theater plays host to a revival of Henrik Ibsen's shocking play, storming to Off-Broadway via the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Newly adapted by Mark O'Rowe (Normal People) and directed by three-time Tony and five-time Drama Desk Award winner Jack O'Brien, the revival starts Lily Rabe (American Horror Story) as Helena Alving and Levon Hawk (Blink Twice) as Oswald. The first Ibsen work to grace the candlelit stage, Ghosts is one of his most divisive. A scathing commentary on morality, its themes of incest, STDs, and euthanasia caused controversy on its 19th-century premiere, yet has since become regarded as one of his finest (if rarely produced) masterworks.

What is the story?

The story follows the widow Helene Alving as she tries to start her life anew after the death of her philandering husband. She is determined that her son Oswald will not follow the same path through life as his father, but when Oswald returns home from a trip to France, she discovers that she may already be too late.