Kenneth Branagh: 'I have unfinished business with Romeo and Juliet'
Kenneth Branagh turns 55 next month, but he still exudes the same youthful exuberance and ready enthusiasm for the theatre that he
Kenneth Branagh turns 55 next month, but he still exudes the same youthful exuberance and ready enthusiasm for the theatre that he
Romeo and Juliet is, of course, one of (probably the) most famous love stories ever told. It seems then a fitting subject for a ballet and I was excited to see how English National Ballet wo…
By Tim Hochstrasser Despite some rough edges this was a continually thoughtful and engaging production that is targeted very deftly at those coming to the play for the first time. In the abs…
Royal Opera House, LondonHayward's Juliet is transparently spontaneous, beautifully shaped and well paired with Matthew Golding's ardent, attentive Romeo In the 50 years since Kenneth MacMil…
Romeo and Juliet might be dead, but who says you can't make good television out of a post-suicidal Verona? ABC has picked up yet another show from Shonda Rhimes's production company Shondala…
Why does Romeo and Juliet translate so well to dance? Sarah Crompton sits in on rehearsals at both the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet to see the celebrated tragedy dramatically res…
San Diego Ballet opens its dance season with remake of Shakespeare's "Romeo et Juliette
It is a body-felt joy of the senses to hear and see Aquila Theatre’s new production of Romeo and Juliet, directed and adapted by Desiree Sanchez, which played at George Mason Universit…
Screen Actors Guild Foundation and BroadwayWorld.comInvites You and A Guestto a Conversations on Broadway career Q&A withJuliette Binochecurrently starring in BAM's "Antigone"W…
It's half a century since Kenneth MacMillan's Shakespearean ballet premiered at the Royal Opera House in London. Here are some of the dancers who have been paired as the doomed lovers, from …
Crucible, SheffieldFreddie Fox's sophisticated Romeo is smitten with Morfydd Clark's sweet Juliet in this seamy, urban productionThe contemporary setting of Jonathan Humphreys' production is…
Royal Opera House, LondonGary Avis's charismatic Tybalt steals the show in this 50th-anniversary production of MacMillan's balletWhen I was a student, I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov dance Romeo w…
Linbury Studio, LondonSwerving from clipped minimalism to fast, propulsive ballet, this manic mashup of movement is a little too knowing to pack an emotional punchIt's 50 years since Kenneth…
Jonathan Humphreys' production highlights the sexism in Shakespeare's tragedy
Original Broadway Cast, 1953 (RCA) It's hard to believe, but Rodgers and Hammerstein did have a few flops in addition to their many hits. Me and Juliet was one such failure, and the team's o…
It is announced today that the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, in partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment, will broadcast three productions of its year-long Plays at the Garrick season …
The ballerina, who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2007, will return to the Metropolitan Opera House in the role of Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet."
Washington D.C.'s Unexpected Stage Company is putting a surprising twist on Shakespeare's most well-known love story with its staging of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, re…
Washington D.C.'s Unexpected Stage Company is putting a surprising twist on Shakespeare's most well-known love story with its staging of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, re…
Jonathan Humphreys' production opens in September
The short answers to my two biggest questions about Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age are yes and yes. The questions themselves were as follows: Does the white hot, love at first sight rom…
There's a lot of fine acting in Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, the current production at Wheaton's Unexpected Stage Company. The staging, by director/co-producing artistic director Chr…