SHAKESPEARE FOR THE CITY 2026 | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

ANNOUNCING: SHAKESPEARE FOR THE CITY 2026 — presented by Citizens! ROMEO AND JULIET. THE WINTER’S TALE. AS YOU LIKE IT. PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC FORUM. At the newly revitalized Delacorte T…

Saheem Ali Will Direct Romeo and Juliet for Free Shakespeare in the Park in 2026 by Logan Culwell-Block

A Daniel Sullivan-helmed Winter's Tale will also perform at Central Park's Delacorte Theater next summer.

Free Shakespeare in the Park ROMEO AND JULIET and More Set for The Public Theater Summer 2026

The Public Theater has revealed its 2026 Shakespeare for the City season, including Free Shakespeare in the Park’s Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale and Public Works at the newly re…

Free Shakespeare in the Park Season Will Include Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale

Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink to make West End debut in Romeo and Juliet by Chris Wiegand

The actor will appear opposite British film star Noah Jupe in a production directed by Robert Icke opening in March Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink is to make her West End debut next year in R…

Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe Will Co-Star in West End Romeo and Juliet by Logan Culwell-Block

Oedipus director Robert Icke will helm the new revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Parental Indiscretion: Chicago Repertory Ballet Takes Shakespeare Out of Time in “The Capulets” by Sharon Hoyer

Wade Schaaf's spinoff of "Romeo and Juliet" follows Lord and Lady Capulet, carrying on clandestine affairs of their own.

Photos: Casa Mañana Theatre's Star-Studded WEST SIDE STORY; Alex Benoit, Addie Morales

Casa Mañana kicks off its 2025-26 Broadway Season with West Side Story, featuring the likes of Alex Benoit, Addie Morales, and more. One of the most beloved musicals of all time, West Side …

Stage and Screen Veteran John Woodvine Passes Away at 96

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that John Woodvine, a longtime star of the stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 96. In a career that spanned six decades, the performer appeare…

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On, Bartók, and Prokofiev by Peter Burwasser

The Philadelphia Orchestra and visiting conductor Marin Alsop premiered John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On, in a program including Bartók’s last concerto and selections of Prokofiev’s…

LA Opera’s “West Side Story” – reviewed by Pauline Adamek

Possibly the greatest musical ever created, West Side Story – a modern version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set on the mean streets of New York during the turbulent fifties – is n…

‘The language adds a whole new level’: Welsh-English version of Romeo and Juliet heads for the Globe by Steven Morris

Bilingual production by Theatr Cymru is expected to be first time Welsh will be heard at South Bank venue Grappling with the subtleties of Shakespeare’s poetry and prose has proved a chal…

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: Huzzah! by The Old Globe

Book, music, and lyric writers Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe join The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Huzzah!. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opp…

Romeo and Juliet review – turbocharged tragedy has a dream duo at its heart by Chris Wiegand

Everyman theatre, LiverpoolEllie Hurt directs a dynamic production that boasts sensational lead performances by Zoe West and Alicia Forde Romeo and Juliet is a play that lives or dies by the…

SUMMER IMPRESSIONS: The Hong Kong Ballet at Lincoln Center & Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Company at Kaatsbaan by The Dance Enthusiast

The Butterfly Lovers, a spectacular evening-length production that Hong Kong Ballet presented...is based on an ancient Chinese legend sometimes equated with "Romeo and Juliet." The Bill T. …

‘I haven’t even googled how to write a play!’: Nima Taleghani bringing rap to the National Theatre by Miriam Gillinson

The Heartstopper star’s exhilarating reboot of Euripides is the first debut play to grace the hallowed Olivier stage – but it nearly didn’t happen. ‘Its not in my bones,’ he says N…

Viral Vocal Coach Cheryl Porter Makes Her Broadway Dreams Real in & Juliet by Kaitlin Stevens

Age: 52 Hometown: South Side of Chicago, Illinois Current Role: Cheryl Porter is making her Broadway debut as Angelique, a character inspired by the Nurse in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juli…

'Lion King' puppet designer helps put a spin on a classic in 'Romeo and Zooliet' by Jeremy Goodwin

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. A Shakespeare festival in St. Louis has found a way to make kid friendly as well with the help of a famous puppet designer.

Lucky Tonight! review – Romeo and Juliet story told in the form of a pub quiz by Mark Fisher

Traverse, EdinburghAfreena Islam-Wright invites the audience into her life by interspersing her version of The Chase with tales from her British-Bangladeshi upbringing There is no shortage o…

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Hot Mess. Earth and her fickle lover Humanity. by Jonathan Mandell

Will “Hot Mess” be the first climate-crisis musical to make it to Broadway – and the second Broadway musical, after “Six,” to have originated at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?  �…

Shaking up Shakespeare: A happy ending for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Jason Vondersmith

The pop-filled, frisky touring musical "& Juliet," which gives Juliet a new lease on life, plays Portland Aug. 5-10. Plus: Broadway in Portland's 2025-26 season.

Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Peter Schaufuss on Romeo and Juliet at Ashton Hall at Saint Stephens by Greg Stewart

Olivier Award-winning director Peter Schaufuss brings a landmark ballet production of Romeo and Juliet to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, celebrating 70 years since its original premiere The po…

Canadian Stage’s “Romeo and Juliet” Shines like a Dream in High Park due to the Trembling and Cracking of its Strong Leads by Ross

I am not “wedded to calamity,” nor am I a purist by any means, especially when it comes to Shakespeare and the classics. Not to get too off track, but a perfect example of this is Jamie …

Canadian Stage’s “Romeo and Juliet” Shines like a Dream in High Park due to the Trembling and Cracking of its Strong Leads by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Canadian Stage’s Romeo and Juliet in High Park By Ross I am not “wedded to calamity,” nor am I a purist by any means, especially when it comes to Shakespear…

Romeo and Juliet, But at the Zoo and With Animal Puppets by Diep Tran

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival has partnered with the St. Louis Zoo and the puppet designer for Lion King to create some star-crossed creatures.

Shakespeare Festival in Ukraine Goes On Despite War

According to reporting by The Guardian, a Shakespeare festival in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk opened with a demonstration, not a play. Hundreds gathered on the theater steps to dem…

Noughts & Crosses review – Malorie Blackman’s thought experiment confronts the audience anew by Kate Wyver

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonCallum and Sephy are a modern Romeo and Juliet, forced to grow up fast as they wade through the crushing racial and class structures that pin them in …

Theatre Review: ‘Duel Reality’ by The 7 Fingers at Shakespeare Theatre Company (part of the DC International Theatre Festival) by Anne Valentino

“Duel Reality’s” tagline, “never was a story of more whoa,” a clever play on the final line of “Romeo and Juliet,” perfectly encapsulates the experience of watching The 7 Finge…

Evita review – Rachel Zegler is phenomenal but Jamie Lloyd’s rock show drowns out the story by Arifa Akbar

London PalladiumZegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Webbe…

Rialto Chatter: Is Rachel Zegler-Led EVITA Headed for A 2027 Broadway Transfer?

With Jamie Lloyd’s radical revival of Evita currently lighting up the stage and sidewalk out the London Palladium, industry chatter is intensifying around a possible 2027 Broadway transfer…

Romeo + Juliet by Vahni Kurra

This reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet featured a largely Asian cast as the feuding Montagues and Capulets in a supposedly “dystopian” setting shaped by “fate, class conflict, and a…