Creators: Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by David Leveaux. Original Principal Cast: Orlando Bloom as Romeo, Condola Rashad as Juliet, Brent Carver as Friar Laurence, Jayne Houdyshell as ...

Toheeb Jimoh, Emmy-nominated for “Ted Lasso,” takes on Romeo in a riveting production from the British director Rebecca Frecknall. By Matt Wolf Reporting from London “Is love a tender thing?” Romeo ...

Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers sure are getting a work out these days, what with Tom Holland’s recent stab in London, the enduringly popular girl power take of & Juliet and no doubt one or two ...

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is magnificent in Jamie Lloyd’s overly subdued, minimalist take on Shakespeare’s doomed romance, playing in London’s West End. By Demetrios Matheou There’s been a lot of heat ...

SYNOPSIS: Set in Verona, where the rival houses of Capulet and Montague have had a long-standing feud, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers, filled with all the ...

Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is popular. By some accounts, it’s the second-most-performed Shakespeare play in the United States, and to many Americans who are used to high school English class, it ...

Why do people still perform Romeo & Juliet? That, to mangle a reference, is the question. It's not the question because there's anything wrong with the play or with producing the play or with updating ...

With that scandalous title out of the way, I assume, dear reader, that you are not unacquainted with Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Quite honestly, it’s difficult to avoid — there’s the original ...

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