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

It's been 50 years since actress Olivia Hussey shot to fame in her role as doomed lover Juliet in 1968's Romeo and Juliet and ... close friends until his tragic death in a plane crash in 1987.

There are plenty of reasons why Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s best ... brained scheme that involves actually faking her own death. As we know, it doesn’t turn out brilliantly.

As the play progresses, Romeo illustrates how passionate he is by avenging his best friend Mercutio's, death. He kills Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and is forced to leave the city of Verona.

But it's also possible that it takes real genius to pull off the death scene in "Romeo and Juliet." The audience has to believe that these are not just two children caught up in the early days of ...

But Ashton’s “Romeo and Juliet” – the first ballet interpretation of Shakespeare’s familiar story created in the West, without influence from the original 1940 Soviet version by Leonid ...

“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare runs today through May 18 at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St., Hartford. Tickets start ...