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.

When Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, a hyper-stylized and modern take on William Shakespeare’s tragic play about star-crossed ...

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

The shows, which take place Jan. 17-19, range from a family’s dysfunctional Christmas holiday to a fake boy band to the tale of Romeo and Juliet transplanted to New Orleans.

Broadway review by Adam Feldman . There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always cut. Juliet’s family has just discovered what they believe to be ...

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 ...

Olivia Hussey, the star of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and the 1974 holiday slasher “Black Christmas,” died peacefully at home on Friday, her family ...

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 ...