Romeo & Juliet News

There's a revolution coming to TBS and an evolution coming to TNT, announced Kevin Reilly, president of TBS and TNT and chief content officer for Turner Entertainment, during this morning's Turner Upfront 2015

The Pasadena Symphony concludes its exhilarating season with a bang today May 2, 2105. Hear award-winning Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez performing the Grieg's hugely popular piano concerto and taste the rapture and romance of Romeo & Juliet as summoned up by one of the greatest Russian masters, Prokofiev at Ambassador Auditorium with matinee and evening performances at both 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has announced that the pilot program of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot kicked-off this week at Weld Central High School in Keenesburg, Colo. Shakespeare in the Parking Lot featured an hour-long production of Romeo & Juliet performed in and around a pickup truck.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) announces the inaugural production for its CSC2 ensemble--Shakespeare's universal and timeless love story Romeo & Juliet--at The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road in Dorchester. Community performances are Friday, May 29, 7:30 p. m.; and Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 p. m. (ASL Interpreted), with an Open House with tours of The Strand and free workshops starting at 12:30 p.m. All tickets are $5. For more information, visit commshakes.org or call 617 426-0863. Special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the City of Boston, Xfinity, and Dorchester Reporter.

The Daily Mail writes that THE X FACTOR's Amelia Lily will lead the Green Day rock musical AMERICAN IDIOT at the Arts Theatre this summer, July 17 to September 27.

The Daily Mail reports that John Lithgow is in negotiations to join the Netflix series THE CROWN, based on Peter Morgan's THE AUDIENCE. He would play Winston Churchill for the TV adaptation, helmed by Stephen Daldry, alongside Harriet Walter as Churchill's wife, Clementine.

According to the Daily Mail, Kenneth Branagh's ROMEO AND JULIET has found its 'Mercutio' in Sir Derek Jacobi, who appeared alongside the play's star cross'd lovers -- Lily James and Richard Madden -- in Branagh's new CINDERELLA film. ROMEO AND JULIET is Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's fourth production in its inaugural season at the Garrick, beginning October 17.

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Bottoms Dream has announced 5 Ways Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, featuring performances by five independent Shakespeare companies. This one-night-only event will take place at 7pm tonight, April 25 at New York Shakespeare Convention, held in Speyer Hall at University Settlement (184 Eldridge Street, Manhattan).

MITF: Year Sweet 16 continues with another installment of John Chatterton's SHORT PLAY LAB today, April 25 & tomorrow, April 26, 2015. Join us for another New Works Weekend at Roy Arias Theaters, 300 W. 43rd Street, Fourth Floor, NYC.

Ashley Argota (ABC Family's 'The Fosters') will take over the role of Juliet in Rockwell Table and Stage's production of ROMEO & JULIET: LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD.

Bottoms Dream has announced 5 Ways Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, featuring performances by five independent Shakespeare companies. This one-night-only event will take place at 7pm on April 25 at New York Shakespeare Convention, held in Speyer Hall at University Settlement (184 Eldridge Street, Manhattan).

PS122's 2015 Spring Gala celebrates homecomings by honoring actor and dancer Claire Danes, whose history with PS122 includes her 1985 performance debut at the age of six along with critically acclaimed dance pieces in 2005 and 2007. In addition, New York City Council Member Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer will receive the Shining Star Award for his unwavering dedication to New York City arts and culture.

MITF: Year Sweet 16 continues with another installment of John Chatterton's SHORT PLAY LAB on Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26, 2015. Join us for another New Works Weekend at Roy Arias Theaters, 300 W. 43rd Street, Fourth Floor, NYC.

The Hypocrites are pleased to conclude their 2014-15 season with Anton Chekhov's heartbreaking comedy THREE SISTERS, adapted and directed by Geoff Button, playing tonight, April 17 - June 6, 2015 at their new home, The Den Theatre Mainstage, 1329 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago.

East Providence, RI - Tonight, April 11, Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra will pull out all the stops with Ravel's popular Boléro. Cellist ALBAN GERHARDT returns to perform Saint- Sa?ns' Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor. The program also features the “Queen Mab” Scherzo from Berlioz' Romeo & Juliet and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite. Robert and Lynn Manning and Taco/The White Family Foundation are Concert Sponsors, and Mr. Gerhardt's appearance is sponsored by Barbara J. Dreyer. Tickets (starting at $15) are available at tickets.riphil.org, and the RIPO box office at 401.248.7000.

Rebel Theater Company and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe present the world premiere production of R+J: An Uncivil Tale, a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. The play, which was written by Adam Mace and Kaitlyn Schirard, is set in the border-state of Kentucky in 1863 during the American Civil War. Romeo, son of the former-slave Montague's, meets Juliet, daughter of the Confederate Capulet's.

Folger Theatre and the Capitol Riverfront BID celebrate Shakespeare's birthday this April with three free screenings of some of the most beloved film adaptations of the Bard. From April 24 through April 26, free screenings of Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, and Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew will begin at sundown, between 7:30 and 8pm each night. Actors from Folger Theatre's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (on stage May 12 through June 21) will be present to introduce the screenings and area vendors will be on hand to provide refreshments. Bard in the Yards represents an exciting collaboration between Folger Theatre and the Capitol Riverfront BID in a burgeoning area just south of Capitol Hill.