There are two ways of reading Romeo and Juliet, one of which is correct, in the sense that it is the way that Shakespeare meant it to be read and understood, and the other is incorrect, in the sense ...

Let’s get something straight: Making William Shakespeare’s plays “cool” is kind of the opposite of cool. The only thing older than trying to make Shakespeare’s plays “hip” is Shakespeare’s actual ...

That’s the question you might be asking sometime during Broadway’s most recent foray into bringing Shakespeare to the masses who can afford really expensive tickets. And the latest Bard venture is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: Mark Auerbach passed away on Friday, May 2, before this review was able to be published. In honor of Mark’s ...

We’re living in the Golden Age of Mashups, e.g., Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” (1885) turned into Percival Everett’s “James” (2024). Works by Jane Austen, A. Conan Doyle — anything out of copyright is ...

Two hours, with one intermission. At the Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 West 50th Street. Through February 16. Over on 43rd Street, the Broadway musical comedy “& Juliet” has been running for two ...

You’d think in a world so divided by war and pain as ours, a story about ill-fated young lovers torn apart by their families’ senseless but devastating feud would be treated with more gravitas than ...

How do we stop the age-old slaughter — Capulets killing Montagues, Russians bombing Ukrainians, Israelis annihilating Palestinians (and all vice versa, as well)? Here’s a thought: Tell that very old ...

NCRT’s decision to use an innovative approach in its staging of Shakespeare’s beloved classic, “Romeo and Juliet,” involved having a four-member directing team with a collective, creative vision, one ...

Shakespeare & Company presents ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Jonathan Epstein. Epstein, who noted he and Coleman have collectively directed more than 20 productions of ROMEO AND ...

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 ...