A DIVERSE MIX OF ETHNIC IDENTITIES, RACES, AGES, ABILITIES, and GENDERS. SHORT SHAKESPEARE! ROMEO AND JULIET, a 75-minute adaptation followed by a 15-minute talkback that runs Monday - Friday during ...

The ensemble of Short Shakespeare! Romeo & Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Credit: Liz Lauren When it comes to presenting Shakespeare in our times, it’s all about shining a new light on the ...

Short Shakespeare! returns with the tragic romance Romeo and Juliet. Verona burns under summer's heat—and the division of two prominent families. Against a backdrop of violence and an endless cycle of ...

In a space that was once used for comedy, Zhou Ye set out to reimagine a classic tale of star-crossed lovers. Ye, a graduate student in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, will begin ...

“Never was a story of more woe,” Shakespeare wrote at the end of his “Romeo and Juliet,” first published and performed in the 1590s and with us ever since. A program titled “Romantic Shakespeare” on ...

Expect to sing along to hits by Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and more while revisiting one of Shakespeare's classic ...

Lowriders, cholo wear, L.A. gang life and classic Chicano humor take center stage in “Romeo and Juliet: Rolling Through East L.A.,” a new stage production that remixes Shakespeare for the Latinx ...

Short Shakespeare! “Romeo & Juliet,” Chicago Shakespeare Theater. I bet Shakespeare never had a problem attracting kids to his shows. I bet they lined up around the block for a lurid little melodrama ...