Most modern adaptations of William Shakespeare don’t include the playwright as a character, but some paint him to be an arrogant jerk to the Backstreet Boys’ tune “Larger Than Life.” That’s just one ...

Reading Shakespeare can feel like decoding a secret language. The words are strange, the sentences are twisted, and sometimes ...

Directed by Sam Gold and featuring music by Jack Antonoff, “Romeo + Juliet” bowed last fall and closed on February 16. Rachel ...

For as long as there have been films, there have been movies based on Shakespeare. Whether you love "The Bard" or stay haunted by high school English classes, there's no ... Shakespeare's Romeo ...

Here are Shakespeare ... offers no reconciliation of the Montague-Capulet feud at the end, just the sight of a dying Juliet struggling to reach the slumped body of Romeo.

Sixty years old, and still fresh: in its anniversary year, The Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet is ardently danced. With its feuding families and star-crossed lovers, the story ...

Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet premiered in ... Spinning Shakespeare’s textured storytelling into ballet is a high-wire act – no one has done it better than MacMillan as he creates ...

Worried locals fear Shakespeare’s hometown is in “terminal ... He added: “I walked past two Turkish barbers but no one was in them. I think this is an issue in towns up and down the country.

Worried locals fear ... no one was in them. I think this is an issue in towns up and down the country. 'It's sad to see Stratford declining. It's got such a lot to offer with the link to ...

At first blush, adding Appalachian-flavored music and dress to Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare’s flowery ... way an old gospel tune like “Ain’t No Grave” dovetails with the tragic tale.

“Romeo & Juliet” debuted its first showing this past weekend with back-to-back sold out performances. Written by William Shakespeare, this production was directed by Melissa Chalsma, artistic director ...

but if you don’t want to show knife crime on stage then you probably shouldn’t be staging Romeo and Juliet in the first place. The disconnect between Shakespeare’s play and Corey Campbell’s production ...