The concept is simple, modest, even banal. The outcome is prodigious and surprising. One of Shakespeare's most celebrated classics, known by every generation, almost anywhere in the world, h…
From the plot and themes to the most famous lines " everything you need to know about William Shakespeare's iconic play
The Bard's 13th play is an archetypal story of forbidden, young passion crushed by customs and tribal hostilities
Birmingham Royal Ballet Company make a pleasing return to the Lowry in Salford to continue their Shakespeare Season which commemorates the 400 year anniversary since William Shakespeare's de…
The designer of Romeo and Juliet discusses the process of transforming the Watermill into an underground bar
Paul Hart directs his first production as artistic director at the Watermill
By Emily Hardy The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company has revealed the full cast for Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. Joining Lily James as J…
The show is the first in Paul Hart's inaugural season as artistic director
'Brilliant', 'riveting' and 'astonishing' are only a few words our contributing writers have used to describe the local theatre scene. This week, we go around our Broadway World to featureth…
RECOMMENDED Perhaps best known for the heroine's waltz song, which arrives in the first act and isn't quite equaled for sparkling melody thereafter, there is still much music to savor in thi…
The new London staging begins in May.
Meera Syal has joined the cast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet. She will perform alongside the previously announced
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company has announced the full cast for Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. Joining previously announced Lily Jam…
Large dumpsters, the kind often seen at construction sites or behind restaurants, play a prominent role in Dámaso Rodriguez's kinetic modern-dress production of William Shakespeare's "Rom…
The Mobile Unit tour is set to make a stop at the Library for the Performing Arts for the first time.
The first conclusion you might reach after watching Lyric Opera's production of "Romeo and Juliet" - the 1867 opera by Charles Gounod, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carre base…
West End alum Meera Syal has joined the cast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet. Syal will take on the role of the Nurse, joining Richard Madden as Romeo, Lily J…
Today is the birthday of Miss Juliet (Juliet Delf, 1889-1962). She appears to have been a musical impressionist in the mold of Elsie Janis and to have begun her career in the 1910s. She was …
Meera Syal will star as the Nurse in Kenneth Branagh's staging of Shakespeare's tragedy
Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its 61st season with Romeo and Juliet in a new-to-Chicago production created by Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher Monday, February 22 through Saturda…
Dynamic director & choreography duo Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili have staged a dark, semi-steampunk but definitely steamy Romeo and Juliet. You may have seen Shakespeare’s Romeo a…
Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its 61st season with ROMEO AND JULIET in a new-to-Chicago production created by Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher, tonight, February 22, through Satu…
The production, helmed by the director of Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I, runs at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Alas, poor Shakespeare. As it turns out, you don’t really need language to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. In Synetic’s electric retelling of the star-crossed lovers’ t…
Darko Tresnjak's well-directed (he designed the sets too) production of Romeo and Juliet, beautifully acted, and in one word, superb.