The final moments in the Capulets' tomb are not foolproof, but even when played in a wading pool, they are wrenching.
This production, by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, uses just four actors, but it's no 15-Minute Shakespeare novelty.
Ellen Stewart's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is another failed reinvention of the one playwright who needs it least.
Nothing in this staging persuades me that either Shakespeare's play or Prokofiev's music is the least bit dear to Mark Morris's heart.
Passion lacking in production meant to celebrate 50th anniversary of National Theatre School