Opera has a peculiar Shakespeare problem. Literally hundreds of adaptations of his plays have appeared over the centuries, including more than 200 since World War II. For all that work, however, ...

A few days ago, I gave a talk on Romeo and Juliet to a high-school freshman class, after which I endeavored to answer the many great questions that the students asked. It dawned on me that these young ...

More than 400 years after William Shakespeare first staged his tale of star-crossed lovers, “Romeo and Juliet” still vibrates with raw emotion. The current American Repertory Theater production ...

Romeo and Juliet are teenagers who decide to marry on the day they meet and whose relationship lasts, at best, five days before they end up dead. Romeo is getting over a previous love moments before ...