Jessica Chastain Seethes in Satisfying ‘Heiress’: Review

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As a plain Jane whose inheritance makes her catnip to a handsome fortune hunter, Jessica Chastain is close to perfect in her Broadway debut.

This classically trained actress, an Oscar nominee for “The Help” and ubiquitous onscreen this past year, brings a trembling, quiet delicacy to Catherine Sloper, the title role in Moises Kaufman’s revival of “The Heiress.”