Way before ‘emo’ was a thing, William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet saw two star-cross’d teens bring down a plague on both their houses, ‘these violent delights’ leading them both to ...

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 artistic ...

It takes a true artist to be thematically serious while humorously cynical and off-putting. Because of this, parodies are incredibly difficult to pull off. The University of Iowa’s theatre department ...