The most memorable parts of the show’s design are the movement, choreographed by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh (”Moulin Rouge! The ...

Even people who have never been to the theater have probably heard of the famous Romeo and Juliet. Among other things, the ...

Since Washington, DC’s Faction of Fools Theatre Company kicked off its Commedia dell'Arte-inspired Romeo & Juliet on January ...

The casting emphasizes an aspect of Romeo and Juliet which the text more or less ... The hyperpop framing is Gen Z by way of Baz Luhrmann, who—let’s face it—28 years ago put an indelible ...

If you’re worried by that plus sign (+) in the title, Gold has not lifted from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “Romeo + Juliet” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Those lovers were young.

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler play Shakespeare's doomed couple in Sam Gold's Gen Z–flavored production.

Although styled with a + sign (echoing Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film), the latest starry production of the Bard ... because the two leads aren’t that far removed from their teenage years. Rachel Zegler and ...

OK, director Sam Gold’s, nntz-nntz, party-hardy production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy is actually called “Romeo + Juliet,” swiping the youthful “+” from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 ...

the production styled its title Romeo + Juliet, apparently trying to rope in people who wept into their popcorn at the Baz Luhrmann movie while many brat-summer revelers were pre-utero.