Melia Bensussen’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” at Hartford Stage from April 17 through May 18, focuses on the theme of youth versus their parents.

The third production of “Romeo & Juliet” in Hartford Stage’s history ia an open-minded, open-hearted and remarkably amusing romantic tragedy.

From Shakespeare play to ballet. It was 1935 when composer Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by Leningrad’s Kirov Ballet to create a score for the first “Romeo and Juliet” ballet.

SAN FRANCISCO — Olivia Hussey, the actress who starred as Juliet in the controversial 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died Friday. She was 73. Her family posted to her Instagram account ...

Hartford Stage’s latest take on “Romeo and Juliet” is as focused on life as it is on the ill-fated lovers’ tragic deaths, according to director Melia Bensussen, who is also the theater’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Olivia Hussey, the actress who starred as Juliet in the controversial 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died Friday. She was 73. Her family posted to her Instagram account ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Olivia Hussey, the actress who starred as Juliet in the controversial 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” died Friday. She was 73. Her family posted to her Instagram account ...