Festival of New Musicals features new-look ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ boy bands and a dysfunctional family by Christopher Arnott

The 2025 Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals offers musicals-in-progress, cabaret performances, panel discussions and more at Terris Theatre.

ROMEO & JULIET Star Olivia Hussey Passes Away at 73

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Olivia Hussey, best known for her role in the 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has passed away at age 73 from breast cancer.

Mia Khan and Kyle Ndukuba To Play Lead Roles In Romeo And Juliet – The Original Play, Originally Scored With Rap and R&B by Staff Writer

Initial casting has been announced for the 2025 world premiere of ROMEO AND JULIET, an innovative new version of Shakespeare’s play, originally scored with rap and R&B, opening at the …

Gabby Beans: Liberation, Optimism, and Romeo and Juliet | The Come Up by Matt Rodin

Tony-nominated actor Gabby Beans discusses playing both Mercutio and Friar Lawrence in Broadway's groundbreaking Romeo & Juliet alongside Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler - exploring how this re…

Friday 5: 5 Classic Musicals of the 1950s by JK

5 Classic Musicals of the 1950s  A few Fridays ago, we talked about 5 classic plays that have stood the test of time and remain as entertaining and relevant as ever. When I tried to make …

The Merchant of Venice (Arlekin Players Theatre) by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

There is much rewriting and updating plus uncalled for interpolation like speeches from 'Romeo and Juliet" for Jessica and one of Shakespeare’s sonnets (“My Mistress’ eyes are nothing …

Vladimir Shklyarov: a look back at the career of the acclaimed Russian ballet dancer – video

Born in St Petersburg in 1985, Shklyarov joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2003 and became its principal dancer – the highest-ranking position in a ballet company – in 2011. During his 20-…

Romeo & Juliet by Elyse Trevers

Is there anyone who doesn’t know the story of Romeo and Juliet, the young star-crossed lovers? The challenge for a director, then, is how to retell the story to appeal to a younger audienc…

Washington National Opera's Macbeth | Nov. 13 - 23, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/macbeth/ NEW PRODUCTION Power’s price, paid in blood. Massive ensembles. White hot arias. The dark recesses of the mind. Verdi’s adap…

Étienne Dupuis as Macbeth in WNO's Macbeth | Nov. 13 - 23, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/macbeth/ NEW PRODUCTION Power’s price, paid in blood. Massive ensembles. White hot arias. The dark recesses of the mind. Verdi’s adap…

Romeo & Juliet **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter November 5, 2024: There was a time, not that long ago, when productions of Romeo and Juliet,Shakespeare’s tale of two passionate, star-crossed, young lovers, was con…

“Romeo and Juliet” – LA Opera by Pauline Adamek

Adolescence, passion, tragedy—the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet is brimming with all the elements of youthful exuberance and defiance. Rising stars Amina Edris and Duke Kim gloriously i…

ROMEO AND JULIET AND MUSICALS By Peter Filichia

It was one of the biggest theatrical hits of the 16th century. And this week, we’ll have the opening of the 36th Broadway revival of a drama that first opened in New York 270 years ago. Wh…

Broadway: “Romeo and Juliet” for Teens Makes Parting Easy With Mostly Negative Reviews by Roger Friedman

“Romeo and Juliet.” How could you screw it up with hot young people in the leads? Reviews are in from last night’s Broadway opening of the Sam Gold production. Yikes. According to didt…

Photos: Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Open on Broadway in

Listen to Rachel Zegler and Jack Antonoff’s New Romeo and Juliet Single

Rachel Zegler and Jack Antonoff Release New Song From Romeo and Juliet

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Review: Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Headline a Shakespeare Tragedy That’s More Fun Than It Should Be by Gordon Cox

You’d think in a world so divided by war and pain as ours, a story about ill-fated young lovers torn apart by their families’ senseless but devastating feud would be treated with more gr…

Review: Kit Connor Flexes and Rachel Zegler Belts in a Lit Romeo and Juliet

Romeo + Juliet Broadway Review by New York Theater

  This is a Romeo and Juliet aimed unapologetically at Gen Z: Its two stars, fan-magnets Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, are both under 25. They lead a young cast, all but two of whom are ma…

Former NSYNC Member Joey Fatone Joins Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’ With Backstreet Boys On The Playlist by Greg Evans

Former NSYNC member Joey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades as part of the cast of & Juliet, the musical comedy “sequel” to Romeo and Juliet featuring …

Around the TheatreScene: September/October 2024 by JK

Over the course of each month, we'll collect pictures and newsy tidbits from the "TheatreScene." We'll be scouring Twitter, Instagram and other social media for interesting items. And we'd …

Gary Oldman to Return to Stage in Samuel Beckett's Krapp’s Last Tape by Darryn King

Academy Award winner Gary Oldman will return to the U.K. stage to perform Samuel Beckett’s one-act monologue Krapp’s Last Tape. The production begins previews at York Theatre Royal on Ap…

Theatre Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Folger Theatre by Teniola Ayoola

When I tell people that Folger Theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet” is about the upcoming presidential election, their jaws drop because it seems like an unlikely connection. Yet under Raymond…

Staging a Love as Boundless as the Sea: Meet Romeo + Juliet’s Intimacy Director by Darryn King

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been called the greatest love story in all literature, a tale of erotic awakening whose 400-year-old poetry pulses in its evocation of intense, uncomprom…

Video: Jim Parsons Talks Building Community With OUR TOWN Cast

Jim Parsons is sharing his experience with the new revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Parsons plays the Stage Manager in the production, a role he says was an immediate 'yes' when it w…

Friday 5: 5 Broadway Debuts We Are Looking Forward To This Fall by JK

5 Broadway Debuts We Are Looking Forward To This Fall Every season, we are enchanted by the thrilling Broadway debuts of a variety of actors, singers and dancers. Some are debuts by talented…

‘A Quick 5’ with Giovanna Alcântara Drummond, Actor, in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Folger Theatre by Susan Brall

The Greater Baltimore-Washington Area is fortunate to have several top-notch Shakespearean companies. Probably one of the most well-known of these, not just locally but internationally, is t…

A beloved music producer is dying. His clients came to his home for a farewell concert by Tom Vitale

Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His star classical music clients, including Joshua Bell, Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, and Lara Downes, wanted to say goodb…

Take a Peek at Rehearsals for & Juliet's North American Tour by Broadway.com

& Juliet, the musical that combines the pop hits of Max Martin with a feminist sorta sequel to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, embarked on its North American tour this month at Baltimo…

Romeo and Juliet review – diversity doubles the power of Shakespeare’s tragedy by Clare Brennan

Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotA cast of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent actors throw new light on the star-crossed lovers in Graeae’s uneven yet often thrilling show Actors appear,…