In the close quarters of Little Italy, old New York is an appropriate volatile and steamy backdrop for the feuding families and young love in PICT Classic Theater’s new production of Shake…
At the end, it isn't just the famous young lovers who die, but also those interesting supporting roles in which Shakespeare specialized, the frantic, babbling Mercutio, fiery Tybalt and, in …
Lyric Opera of Chicago is seeking "street-fightin' men" for their production of Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Ian Judge, which opens November 20.
When a door opens to create new productions in a historic spaces, creative opportunities are revealed. Now, PICT Classic Theatere brings classic stories to two of Pittsburgh’s most storie…
Co-founded by Evgeny Amosov in 2001, The Russian National Ballet Theatre is one of several Russian ballet companies which regularly tour Australia offering productions of ballet classics. It…
Joseph Haj, artistic director of The Guthrie Theater, gives Twin Cities audiences a new and strange and richly tragic "Romeo & Juliet" without resorting to gimmicks. A triumph.
Creative inspiration strikes at random times, often when it's least expected. For the UK-based publishing house Bloomsbury, it struck in the office one day when a colleague's mother sent a p…
Young Vic, LondonThe actor gives an extraordinary performance, but even she cannot quite convey the turmoil of a woman who has suffered a strokeSometimes Juliet Stevenson looks like a parach…
Arthur Kopit's poetic drama about post-stroke aphasia and facing up to death astoundsNow look here, Giles Coren: immersion in a great play well acted can send you out of the theatre fee…
Young Vic, London Performing 360-degree loops, pummelled by voices and piecing together her shattered speech, Stevenson goes bravely to the limit in this high-concept showJuliet Stevenson mu…
See it for the balcony scene. Elm Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet" has some obvious and fairly understandable problems " a cast of wildly differing talents, design concepts that…
