L. Peter Callender’s more upbeat adaptation of the Shakespeare classic is presented by African-American Shakespeare Company.
Shelby Ronea and Khari Haynes star in “Romeo and Juliet*” for African-American Shakespeare Company.Everybody knows “Romeo and Juliet.” Two teenagers from feuding families fall in love and secretly marry, and then a whole lot of things go horribly wrong.Adapted and directed by artistic director L.
Callender’s “Romeo and Juliet” was originally commissioned by American Stage Company in St. Petersburg, Florida, where it premiered in 2021. There it was billed “Romeo & Juliet in America ,” and here it takes the coyer title of simply “Romeo & Juliet*,” with simply an asterisk indicating that there’s a twist.
It’s hardly unprecedented for a production of “Romeo and Juliet” to be tweaked to have a happy ending. As soon as theaters reopened in the 1660s from being shut down under Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan reign, one of the first productions was a version of Shakespeare’s play tweaked by playwright James Howard to end well. Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet originally had a happy ending, as did several musical adaptations in the late 1700s.
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