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Pages in category "Plays and musicals based on Romeo and Juliet" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Wars of the Roses was a three-part adaptation of Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III) which had been staged to great critical and commercial success at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1963, adapted by John Barton, and directed by Barton and Peter Hall. At the end of its run, the ...
In 2006, Disney's High School Musical made use of Romeo and Juliet 's plot, placing the two young lovers in different high-school cliques instead of feuding families. [217] Film-makers have frequently featured characters performing scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
Henry VIII, staged in 1997, was celebrated as the final work of the Shakespearean canon to be performed as part of the series, [1] but within productions staged at the Delacorte, Macbeth was not performed until 2006 and, as of yet, the three parts of Henry VI have not been performed except as the heavily abridged Wars of the Roses in 1970.
It was the first Broadway production of the play Romeo and Juliet since 1977. [1] The play ran on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre from September 19 to December 8, 2013, for 93 regular performances after 27 previews starting on August 24 with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashād in the starring roles. [2]
The entire cast, including Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet, was announced March 28 — and inspired the “barrage of deplorable racial abuse,” the play’s director said.
Press illustration of act 3, scene 2, as staged in the original production. Scene 1: Laurent's cell. Roméo and Juliette, accompanied by Gertrude, go to the cell, and the wedding takes place. Laurent hopes that reconciliation between the houses of the Montagus and the Capulets may thus take place. Scene 2: a street near Capulet's palace
In 2005, Romeo and Juliet became a high-profile six-minute H&M advertising campaign, directed by David LaChapelle, featuring Tamyra Gray as Juliet and Gus Carr as Romeo, to a musical background sung by Mary J. Blige. [86] The play has also been used to advertise Polo mints and Rolo. [87]