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The House That Will Not Stand review unlike any other play in London

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TheatreReviewMarcus Gardley’s pulsing new play about a free black woman and her daughters in 1830s New Orleans is a rich mix of rivalry, voodoo and the fight for freedomA tyrannical matriarch presides over a house in mourning. Her daughters long for freedom and fight over a man. A relative, presumed mad, is hidden away. Such is the situation in Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, and in this new play by the young African-American playwright Marcus Gardley. Read More...

Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster to Replace Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in Broadways

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Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster are heading to Fleet Street. The rialto royalty are joining the cast of Broadway‘s “Sweeney Todd” revival as the Demon Barber and his parter-in-crime (literally) Mrs. Lovett. Tveit and Foster will begin performances on Feb. 9, 2024, and will leave the show 12 weeks later on May 5. They are replacing Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, who were Tony-nominated for their roles and will take their final bows on Jan. Read More...

At the center of 'Veneer Theory': Are people fundamentally good or evil?

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NPR's history podcast Throughline investigates the root of "veneer theory" — that's when people believe that law and order is the only thing protecting us from the savagery of our neighbors. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7r7zRZ6arn19nfXN%2FjmloaGthZH5ygZFwanJvZ2h8osCMrZ%2BeZZOau7Wx0Wamn2WmmrumsdFmq6Gdn6fGbq3RnmSpnZ%2BluaZ5xa6lnZmdmru1rculsGafn6SxbrvRZpyvoZw%3D