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Abiola Obatolu in a grey dress folds her arms and looks downcast, while Bradley Dean, in a blue windowpane suit, looks warily to the side; Adam Shaukat walks behind them.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

Cambridge Day

A timeless tale. Pankow and Suárez shine.

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Emilia Suárez lies on a wooden platform under a loose sheet and raises her arm, staring at a small vial in her hand.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

Harvard Magazine

Inventive. Choreography, costuming, and lighting help Shakespeare’s words jump off the page.

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An angry-looking Alex Ross in an unbuttoned, short-sleeve black shirt raises a dagger above Brandon Dial’s head, who grabs his arm with both hands and a fearful look.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

Theater Mirror

Enthralling! Masterfully choreographed.

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Adam Shaukat in a black vest and Will Savarese in a leather vest get close to one another staring into the others’ eyes intimidatingly.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

The New England Theatre Geek

A riveting new staging. Infinitely inventive.

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Clay Singer in a multi-color knit cardigan raises their hands smiling at Rudy Pankow, in a white dress shirt and also raising his hand, and Brandon Dial, sitting in a black leather jacket.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

The Harvard Crimson

Direction perfectly marries creative sound design with fresh choreography to make the old play feel exceedingly new.

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Sharon Catherine Brown in a blue dress and brightly patterned blue jacket places her hands on Emilia Suárez, in a pink dress with many frills and a book open in her hands.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

METRMAG

Ingenious design.

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Rudy Pankow in a white dress shirt faces Terrence Mann, sitting and smiling broadly with herbs in his hand a small tray on his lap.

Press - CBS News

New production of Romeo and Juliet in Cambridge leans into the love

“We all know it or we think we know it, but I’m always interested in directing classics in a way to wake them up and have an audience experience them as if they’ve never seen them before,” [Diane] Paulus said.

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Emilia Suárez stands barefoot in a portal in a wooden wall, looking down at Rudy Pankow who looks up from below, while a yellow-orange moon hangs in the dark background.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

Stage and Cinema

Satisfying! Romeo and Juliet at A.R.T. belongs to the ages. Suárez shines…Brown commands our attention…Mann is wonderful.

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Terrence Mann in a maroon tunic is light brightly, while on either side of him lit in blue and leaning against a wall are Emilia Suárez reading a book and Rudy Pankow writing in a notebook.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

WBUR

Visually and physically stunning! A stellar cast…thoughtfully directed.

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Light shines down on Rudy Pankow and Emilia Suárez, who stare at each other as if to kiss, each holding the other’s hand.

Review - Romeo and Juliet

The Boston Globe

Stunning! Romeo and Juliet still vibrates with raw emotion. Suárez’s luminous Juliet commands our attention. Pankow is fully invested in [Romeo] and we ache with him.

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Rudy Pankow in a cream shirt and a yellow baseball cap and Emilia Suárez in a faded tie-dye shirt hold each other and look fearfully into the distance.

Press - WBUR

A.R.T. brings a reframed ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to the stage

“Romeo and Juliet are two young people who have a vision of where the world is going for them and where the world could go. In many ways, they are determined to not repeat the path of their parents or the generations that came before them,” said director Diane Paulus.

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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in a black cap gestures to Rudy Pankow, on the right, and Emilia Suaréz, on the left holding a glowing orb.

Press - The Boston Globe

The way Romeo and Juliet move

[Sidi Larbi] Cherkaoui and [Diane] Paulus agree that “Romeo and Juliet” is an intensely physical text, not just in its violence but also in its sensuality… Cherkaoui said he admires the way Shakespeare so freely and frequently brings the conversation back to the body.

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