If you’re worried by that plus sign (+) in the title, Gold has not lifted from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “Romeo + Juliet” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Those lovers were young.

If you’ve seen Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby, or 2022’s Elvis, then you know Baz Luhrmann is one of the most talented and ...

Truly, though, nothing prepared me for Mr. Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet,” which opened on Broadway this week. Another auteur not known for subtlety, Baz Luhrmann, used the same title nearly three decades ...

The most memorable parts of the show’s design are the movement, choreographed by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh (”Moulin Rouge! The ...

The Australian filmmaker, known for his theatrical and visually flamboyant style, is best known for 1996's Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and 2013's The Great Gatsby. Baz Luhrmann's most recent ...

Independent Opera's “The Stone Guest” is revelatory, L.A. Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" is exhilarating and Pacific Opera ...

Although styled with a + sign (echoing Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film), the latest starry production of the ... The set piece, not surprisingly, is the balcony scene, for which Juliet lies on a bed ...

There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always cut. Juliet’s family has just discovered what they believe to be her dead body; as the musicians ...

OK, director Sam Gold’s, nntz-nntz, party-hardy production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy is actually called “Romeo + Juliet,” swiping the youthful “+” from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 ...

Played by the English TV hunk Kit Connor (Heartstopper) Romeo is baby-faced and swole ... The hyperpop framing is Gen Z by way of Baz Luhrmann, who—let’s face it—28 years ago put an ...

Reboots, Rom-Coms, and the Hulk: Meet the Shows in Development for 2011There’s a ‘Hulk’ remake, some ‘Mad Men’ homages, kung fu cops, and many, many gay character.