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I watched “Juliet & Romeo” in an empty theater on opening night, which felt fitting. It’s easy to pan writer and director ...
Another big-screen take on the Bard dumbs down classic literature, prioritizes its simpleminded pop music soundtrack.
Also among the ensemble cast in the pivotal role of The Friar is Sir Derek Jacobi, who has acted in numerous Shakespearean ...
The umpteenth attempt to make Shakespeare 'cool' exchanges the original, classic language for forgettable pop songs and ...
Holsters, Stetsons and bluegrass music bring a distinctive flavour to this Wild West riff on Romeo and Juliet that flings us ...
There’s probably never been a time as ripe with “Romeo and Juliet” rip-offs as our contemporary era. Though it’s been 29 years since Baz Luhrmann’s modern, alternative-pop-scored ...
The newest version, which drops this weekend, joins some acclaimed (and not so acclaimed) adaptations of Shakespeare’s work.
Marin Shakes Artistic Director Jon Tracy has stripped the story — and its setting — to the basics in what’s essentially a black-box ... Maria Rivas as Juliet, Ash M.B. as Romeo).
Juliet & Romeo is a colorful, messy, and hope-infused adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet that. Read our ...
Romeo and Juliet’s teenage anguish is pretty funny, after all, as is the bravado of the young men, until the violence kicks in. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Anyway ...