Riz's Blog Review: "Romeo and Juliet" at Yale Rep
The show: "Romeo and Juliet" by William ShakespeareThe place: Yale Repertory Theatre production at the University Theatre in New Haven. What's this version like? More traditional or non?: Non. Very non. Director Shana Cooper sets this Verona in a once-elegant, now-ravaged world of violence, with an evocative environment designed by third-year student Po-Lin Li. So far so good: But -- as in the many attempts in previo…