Everyone knows the hauntingly sad love story of Romeo and Juliet, from two feuding families, who only want to be free to love and marry. With Juliet’s faithful nurse Angelica and Romeo’s dedicated priest, Friar Laurence, they plot a lifetime of happiness. Tragically it is not to be and they both die too soon, as if cursed.
What might happen if Juliet survives and lives to forge a new ending? Can she find happiness even if Romeo is no longer her love? Can Verona become a paradise and not a seat of despair?
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was written about 1591 and involves a long standing feud between Juliet’s family, the Capulets, and Romeo’s family, the Montagues. This greatest love story ever told is getting a do-over and a new look in “& Juliet” coming to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts this week until Sunday, May 10. Written by the Emmy-winning creator of Schitt’s Creek, this delightful and funny brand new musical imagines a new scenario for Juliet: she doesn’t die for love of Romeo. Instead she gets a glorious new chance for happiness.
With Max Martin’s invigorating pop anthems like “Roar,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Larger Than Life,” “Since U Been Gone,” “Baby One More Time,” and “That’s The Way It Is,” you will be flying high on Cloud 9 of romance. Can Juliet find a new sweetheart after losing Romeo? You bet she can. Come cheer her on as she begins a glorious second chance.
For tickets (48.50 and up), call the Bushnell, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford at 860-987-5900 or online at bushnell.org. Performances are Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Watch how Juliet magically flips the script and makes Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy into a comedy with delightful complications and romantic resolutions. Get a garter and a bouquet of orange blossoms ready.
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