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By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | July 9, 2010
To hear Angela Germanos tell it, the rivalry between Anne Arundel County's Severna Park and Broadneck high schools can go from friendly to fierce to furious in no time flat. Earlier this year, the Severna Park drama director came up with an idea to bring to a simmer some of the recurring enmity: a joint production of the Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet," in which each school's drama department would assume the role of one of the play's feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues.
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By Mary Johnson, Special to The Baltimore Sun | April 8, 2012
At rehearsals last weekend, young actors were busy preparing for professional-caliber productions opening next week. Children's Theatre of Annapolis presents Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," featuring a cast ages 8 to 14, on weekends April 13-22 at its Bay Head Road theater in Annapolis. The Annapolis Shakespeare Company will present "Romeo and Juliet," featuring a cast age 18 and under, April 12-14 at Bowie Playhouse in White Marsh Park. The 1951 Disney animated film is based on Lewis Carroll's classics, "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking Glass.
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By Gwendolyn Glenn | July 10, 2012
It's been performed hundreds of thousands of times on stages worldwide, in classrooms, on the big screen and on television, and, since June 29, William Shakespeare's classic "Romeo and Juliet" is being revived at Laurel Mill Playhouse. The show runs through July 15. The play is part of the theater's annual Summer Youth Shakespeare Theatre series, which means all of the characters are middle and high school students. The stage setting for the well-known play about the doomed love affair of two teenagers whose families hate each other is sparse.
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By Mary Johnson, Special to The Baltimore Sun | March 4, 2011
Balletomanes searching for a new vision of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" found much to savor last weekend in the three Ballet Theatre of Maryland performances of artistic director Dianna Cuatto's newly choreographed retelling of the timeless classic. At Friday's opening, Cuatto's introductory remarks gave the audience insight into her choreographic task of fusing dance and romantic drama with the antagonism of the rival Capulet and Montague families. Cuatto's major intent was to remain faithful to Sergei Prokofiev's brilliant score, which Cuatto described as "one of the most poetically breathtaking compositions for dance.
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By Mary Johnson, For The Baltimore Sun | March 27, 2014
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is perhaps the world's best-known love story - a tragic tale of forbidden love between teenagers from warring families. Consequently, any producer offering his or her own presentation must bring new insight and a fresh approach, a tough act for a story that has withstood the ages. Aware of this daunting challenge, Compass Rose Theater founding artistic director Lucinda Merry-Browne, who serves in its production of "Romeo and Juliet" as producer and director, noted the necessity of "creating a production that would tell the story in an authentic and powerful way. " Convinced that "Romeo and Juliet" is suited to Compass Rose's teaching mission, Merry-Browne cast very young actors in the title roles - 14-year-old Sydney Maloney as Juliet and 17-year-old Eli Pendry as Romeo.
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By William Hyder and William Hyder,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | December 6, 2001
The star of the student-alumni production of Romeo and Juliet at Howard Community College is the director, MaryBeth Wise. She may not have the Royal Shakespeare Company to work with - classical actors trained in movement, dance, fencing and the speaking of blank verse - but she has turned out a lively and effective show. The great thing about Shakespeare is his universality. His situations and characters can be made relevant to almost any audience in any age. Romeo and Juliet depicts teen-age love in all its headstrong intensity - something we've all experienced or at least witnessed.