'‘& Juliet’ Review: Shakespearean Jukebox Musical is Broadway Gold
Shakespearean Jukebox Musical is Broadway Gold
Shakespeare’s Juliet
singing Britney Spears’ “Oops…I Did It Again” is certainly a surprising and unexpected
While there
is every reason to be skeptical of a Shakespearean jukebox musical, “& Juliet” makes it
It’s the
most fun you’ll have in a Broadway theater right now
The playbill
includes a note that Martin has had more number one hits than any other artist
” At the
very least his catalog is unquestionably impressive — and his songs make for a surprisingly fantastic
Instead of
dying, Juliet (Lorna Courtney) here learns that her beloved is a melodramatic jerk with many
All this
could have come across as a high school English class assignment, but Read manages to
He clearly
has respect for and knowledge of the source material but also isn’t afraid to
(As we
are reminded here, Romeo and Juliet only knew each other for four days
) Though he
keeps the characters true to the original, there are slight tweaks for modern sensibility, as
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