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Brontë Sisters Trapped in Forced Merriment | Washington DC News
The Brontë sisters are trapped in a literary purgatory, forced to host chaotic house parties to escape a Lavender Witch they invented as kids—each misstep rings a chime. Amidst wild characters like Cathy Earnshaw, Helen Burns, and drunken brother Branwell, even Kate Bush drops by for a surreal mash-up of fiction and reality. The play wrestles with heavy themes like internalized misogyny and toxic masculinity, but its message gets lost in the noise. Despite energetic performances and great music, the production feels like it’s trying too hard to be joyful—and ends up feeling more like forced…
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