Stolz und Vorurteil* (*oder so)

“Have you read the novel?”
Or the movie?
If not: No problem.
“That’s what WE are here for.”

The latest season of “Bridgerton” confirms what we’ve known all along: Never underestimate a maid! Because they’re the ones who really know what goes on beneath elaborate wigs and social expectations, behind closed doors, and between ball aperitifs and morning tea. What Mrs. Bennet goes to great lengths to do to find a suitable (= wealthy) husband for at least one of her five daughters. What Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, and Mary put up with to meet (family) expectations—or to defy them. How hard-won Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s happy ending actually is. And why, when talking doesn’t work or help, sometimes you just have to sing.
In Isobel McArthur’s acclaimed, sharp, and pop-infused reimagining of Jane Austen’s masterpiece—which is (finally!) returning to the Next Liberty stage thanks to its huge success—no wish goes unfulfilled, and (finally!) the spotlight is on those who are usually overlooked or unheard. So: Is everyone ready for the greatest love and let-go songs of the past decades? For more gossip and glamour, partying and empowerment? …