More than 400 years after Shakespeare wrote it, we can now say that “Romeo and Juliet” has the wrong name. Perhaps the play should be called “Juliet and Her Nurse,” which isn’t nearly as sexy, or ...

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is magnificent in Jamie Lloyd’s overly subdued, minimalist take on Shakespeare’s doomed romance, playing in London’s West End. By Demetrios Matheou There’s been a lot of heat ...

Two hours, with one intermission. At the Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 West 50th Street. Through February 16. Over on 43rd Street, the Broadway musical comedy “& Juliet” has been running for two ...

Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers sure are getting a work out these days, what with Tom Holland’s recent stab in London, the enduringly popular girl power take of & Juliet and no doubt one or two ...

William Shakespeare’s popular star-crossed couple intertwine in musical and romantic disharmony in a reductive refashioning of the iconic play, which makes fortune’s fool out of audiences. Still, just ...

Toheeb Jimoh, Emmy-nominated for “Ted Lasso,” takes on Romeo in a riveting production from the British director Rebecca Frecknall. By Matt Wolf Reporting from London “Is love a tender thing?” Romeo ...

At first, all seems familiar, as we lay our scene in fair Verona. However, a new type of tension is about to be unleashed, when the Prince’s foreboding prologue is interrupted mid-line by Mercutio, ...

Why do people still perform Romeo & Juliet? That, to mangle a reference, is the question. It's not the question because there's anything wrong with the play or with producing the play or with updating ...

With that scandalous title out of the way, I assume, dear reader, that you are not unacquainted with Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Quite honestly, it’s difficult to avoid — there’s the original ...

Shakespeare’s wife, Anne, is finding and proving her own mettle by rewriting the play “Romeo and Juliet” before our eyes, taking it in a whole new feminist direction and including herself ...