In high school, a beloved, bookish teacher introduced me and the other students in her class to the classics of literature. Though her efforts to spark our interest went unrewarded, I read “The ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s hard to think of a more quintessential tragedy than Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s the most famous unhappy ending of all time—starcrossed lovers whose love is ...

Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is popular. By some accounts, it’s the second-most-performed Shakespeare play in the United States, and to many Americans who are used to high school English class, it ...

On the night before an early morning at TODAY, Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor died. The actors lay prone onstage at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York, bleeding out in front of a captive, ...

Her passionate portrayal of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation won enduring acclaim. In 2023, she sued over the circumstances of a nude scene. By Alex Traub Olivia Hussey, whose performance ...

When Sam Gold’s new production of Romeo and Juliet, starring PYTs Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, was announced back in April, the PR team came in hot. “THE YOUTH ARE F**KED,” shouted all the marketing ...