More than 400 years after Shakespeare wrote it, we can now say that “Romeo and Juliet” has the wrong name. Perhaps the play should be called “Juliet and Her Nurse,” which isn’t nearly as sexy, or ...

Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers sure are getting a work out these days, what with Tom Holland’s recent stab in London, the enduringly popular girl power take of & Juliet and no doubt one or two ...

With that scandalous title out of the way, I assume, dear reader, that you are not unacquainted with Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Quite honestly, it’s difficult to avoid — there’s the original ...

Why do people still perform Romeo & Juliet? That, to mangle a reference, is the question. It's not the question because there's anything wrong with the play or with producing the play or with updating ...

Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is popular. By some accounts, it’s the second-most-performed Shakespeare play in the United States, and to many Americans who are used to high school English class, it ...

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Toheeb Jimoh, Emmy-nominated for “Ted Lasso,” takes on Romeo in a riveting production from the British director Rebecca Frecknall. By Matt Wolf Reporting from London “Is love a tender thing?” Romeo ...

Shakespeare’s wife, Anne, is finding and proving her own mettle by rewriting the play “Romeo and Juliet” before our eyes, taking it in a whole new feminist direction and including herself ...