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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Based on a Book
Classic
Large Cast (14+)
Romance
Tragedy

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet





One of William Shakespeare's most performed tragedies about ill-fated young love.


Story:

Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.


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Fun Fact

The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
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THEATRE

Circle in the Square Theatre
235 West 50th Street
New York, NY

Info and Directions

Schedule
MONDAY
Dark
TUESDAY
7 PM
WEDNESDAY
2 & 8 PM
THURSDAY
7 PM
FRIDAY
7 PM
SATURDAY
2 & 8 PM
SUNDAY
3 PM

Important Dates
PREVIEWS: Sep 26, 2024
OPENING: Oct 24, 2024
CLOSING: Feb 16, 2025


Run Time
2 hours and 10 minutes (1 Intermission)


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NOTE:

  • Strictly no late seating.
  • This production may contain violence, gunshots, flashing lights, sexual content, smoking, haze, adult themes and darkness.
  • Most shows have special holiday dates and times. Check the official website for more information.
Playwright

Playwright
William Shakespeare



Broadway Premiere

Theatre
New Theatre
Opening Night
Jan 28, 1754
Original Cast
Mrs. Hallam, Mr. Rigby

1850 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Bowery Theatre
Opening Night
1850
Original Cast
Mrs. James W. Wallack Jr., Katherine Wemyss

1869 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Booth's Theatre
Opening Night
Feb 03, 1869

1899 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Empire Theatre
Opening Night
May 08, 1899
Original Cast
Maude Adams, William Faversham, James K. Hackett
Producer
Charles Frohman

1903 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse
Opening Night
Feb 16, 1903
Total Performances
9
Original Cast
Edmund Breese, Victor Burthe, Charles Chapman, William Crossman, Fernanda Eliscu, Emma Brennan Ince, Stanley Jessup, F. M. Kendrick, Harry Leighton, Willard MacKegney, Becton Radford, William Romain, George Turner, Robert C. Turner, Susanne Willis
Producer
Frank Lea Short

1903 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Knickerbocker Theatre
Opening Night
May 25, 1903
Total Performances
8
Original Cast
Edwin Arden, F. C. Bangs, Kyrle Bellew, Edmund Breese, George Clarke, T. M. Hunter, Franklyn Hurleigh, Mrs. W. G. Jones, John E. Kellerd, A. W. Mafflin, E. J. Norris, Eben Plympton, W. V. Ranous, Forrest Robinson, Eleanor Robson, William H. Thompson
Director
Eugene W. Presbrey
Producer
Liebler & Co.
Scenic Design
Frank E. Gates and E. A. Morange

1904 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Knickerbocker Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 17, 1904
Original Cast
Malcolm Bradley, Rowland Buckstone, Thomas L. Coleman, W.H. Crompton, Robert Stowe Gill, Norman Hackett, Mary Hall, William Harris, G. Harrison Hunter, Frederick Kaufman, Frank Kingdon, Julia Marlowe, Sydney Mather, Mrs. Sol Smith, E. H. Sothern, Morgan Wallace
Producer
Charles Frohman

1905 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Knickerbocker Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 16, 1905
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern, William Harris, Frederick Lewis, Mrs. Sol Smith
Producer
Charles Frohman

1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Opening Night
Jan 21, 1907
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Academy of Music
Opening Night
Jun 10, 1907
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

1909 Broadway Revival

Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
Opening Night
Mar 08, 1909
Original Cast
Robert B. Mantell, Marie Booth Russell, William Bowen, James Brophy, Otto Brower, F. Dallas Cairns, George Gould, Ethelbert Hales, Charles Keene, Fritz Leiber, Edward Lewers, Guy Lindsley, Oscar Pfefferle, Olaf Skavlan, George Stillwell, George Turner
Producer
William A. Brady

1910 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Academy of Music
Opening Night
Feb 7, 1910
Original Cast
France Bendsten, Eric Blind, Malcolm S. Bradley, Rowland Buckstone, William Harris, Albert S. Howson, Charles Howson, P. J. Kelly, Frederick Lewis, Julia Marlowe, Sydney Mather, Maurice Robinson, Frederick Roland, E. H. Sothern, John Maurice Sullivan, John Taylor
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1910 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Broadway Theatre
Opening Night
Dec 5, 1910
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Daly's Theatre
Opening Night
Apr 17, 1911
Producer
Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Broadway Theatre
Opening Night
Jul 3, 1911
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Manhattan Opera House
Opening Night
Nov 20, 1911
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1912 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Manhattan Opera House
Opening Night
Sep 30, 1912
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Manhattan Opera House
Opening Night
Sep 22, 1913
Original Cast
Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern
Producer
Sothern & Marlowe Repertory

1915 Broadway Revival

Theatre
44th Street Theatre
Opening Night
Feb 1, 1915
Original Cast
Robert B. Mantell, John Burke, Genevieve Hamper, Fritz Leiber, Genevieve Reynolds
Producer
William A. Brady and Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1915 Broadway Revival

Theatre
44th Street Theatre
Opening Night
Nov 22, 1915
Total Performances
24
Original Cast
Hamilton Deane, Charles Francis, Burton French, William Kitteredge, Richard Lace, Frederick Lewis, Barry Macollum, Eric Maxon, Martha Mayo, Fuller Mellish, Ffolliott Paget, George Relph, Douglas Rose, Harold Skinner, Khyva St. Albans, Philip Tonge
Director
Jacques Coini
Producer
David Chanler Dramatic Co.

1918 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Criterion Theatre
Opening Night
Apr 5, 1918
Original Cast
Laurette Taylor, José Ruben

1918 Broadway Revival

Theatre
44th Street Theatre
Opening Night
Nov 4, 1918
Producer
Robert B. Mantell Repertoire

1922 Broadway Revival

Theatre
48th Street Theatre
Original Cast
Richard Allen, Virginia Bronson, John Burke, Frederic Drake, W. Leonard Gordon, Louis Leon Hall, James Hendrickson, Frank Howard, Fritz Leiber, Olive Oliver, Philip D. Quin, Harold Rand, Robert Strauss, Mary Williams
Producer
George Ford

1922 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Longacre Theatre
Opening Night
Dec 27, 1922
Original Cast
Ethel Barrymore, Barlowe Borland, Edwin Brandt, Lenore Chippendale, John C. Davis, Vivian Geison, Charlotte Granville, Harvey Hays, Frank Howson, James Hull, Kenneth Hunter, Alice John, William Keighley, Jerome Lawler, Barry Macollum, Howard Merling, McKay Morris, Albert Reed, Basil Sydney, Russ Whytall
Director
Arthur Hopkins
Producer
Arthur Hopkins

2023 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Henry Miller's Theatre
Opening Night
Jan 24, 1923
Total Performances
157
Original Cast
Robert Ayrton, Richard Bowler, Edward Broadley, Lalive Brownell, Gordon Burby, Jane Cowl, John Sayre Crawley, Frank Davis, Grace Hampton, Louis Hector, Bailey Hick, Lionel Hogarth, Vernon Kelso, Dennis King, John Parrish, Rollo Peters, Milton Pope, Neil Quinlan, Jessie Ralph
Director
Frank Reicher
Producer
The Selwyns and Adolph Klauber

1930 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Civic Repertory Theatre
Opening Night
Apr 21, 1930
Total Performances
16
Original Cast
Walter Beck, Jacob Ben-Ami, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Cameron, Amy Chandler, Sayre Crawley, Howard Da Silva, Mooney Diamond, Florida Friebus, Frederic Giuliano, Robert H. Gordon, Lee Hillery, Henry Howard, Vernon Jones, David Kerman, Joseph Kramm, Eva Le Gallienne, Robert Lewis, Merle Maddern, Burgess Meredith, Arnold Moss, Harold Moulton, Renee Orsell, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, May Sarton, Estelle Scheer, Blake Scott, Herbert Shapiro, Irene Sharaff, William Steinhorn, David Turk, Gordon Wallace, Mary Ward, Ruth Wilton
Director
Eva Le Gallienne
Producer
Civic Repertory Theatre, Inc.

1930 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Civic Repertory Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 06, 1930
Total Performances
44
Original Cast
Walter Beck, Jacob Ben-Ami, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Cameron, Sayre Crawley, Howard Da Silva, Sean Dillon, Robert H. Gordon, Lee Hillery, David Kerman, DeWitt Kiernan, Jane Kim, Edward Kogan, Joseph Kramm, Alma Kruger, Marc Lawrence, Eva Le Gallienne, Lawrence Levin, Robert Lewis, Charles Martin, Burgess Meredith, Morris Morrison, Arnold Moss, Harold Moulton, Joyce Neitchie, Peter Railey, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, John Saltzman, Mary Sarton, Estelle Scheer, Elizabeth Schonberg, Blake Scott, Herbert Shapiro, William Steinhorn, Mary Tartar, Gordon Wallace, Mary Ward, Richard Waring, Allan Weaver
Director
Eva Le Gallienne
Producer
Civic Repertory Theatre, Inc.

1934 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Martin Beck Theatre
Opening Night
Dec 20, 1934
Total Performances
77
Original Cast
Brian Aherne, Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, Katharine Cornell, Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, John Emery, Edith Evans, Reynolds Evans, Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, Joseph Holland, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready, Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern, Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen, Basil Rathbone, Pamela Simpson, Charles Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron, Orson Welles
Director
Guthrie McClintic
Choreographer
Martha Graham
Producer
Katharine Cornell
Scenic Design
Jo Mielziner

1935 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Martin Beck Theatre
Opening Night
Dec 23, 1935
Total Performances
15
Original Cast
Evelyn Abbott, Carl Allan, Albert Allen, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, John Cornell, Katharine Cornell, John Cromwell, Charles Dalton, Shelton Earp, Maurice Evans, Reynolds Evans, Charlotte Fitch, Anne Froelick, Grant Gordon, Richard Graham, Lois Jameson, Alice John, Ruth March, Harriott Marshall, Irby Marshall, Gabrielle Morgan, Irving Morrow, David Orrick, Tyrone Power, Jr., Florence Reed, Ralph Richardson, Joseph Roeder, William Roehrick, Hudson Shotwell, Kurt Steinbart, Fred Thompson, David Vivian, Charles Waldron
Director
Guthrie McClintic
Choreographer
Martha Graham
Producer
Katharine Cornell
Scenic Design
Jo Mielziner
Costume Design
Jo Mielziner

1940 Broadway Revival

Theatre
51st Street Theatre
Opening Night
May 09, 1940
Total Performances
36
Original Cast
Virginia Burchfield, Mary Kane, Patricia Knight, Vivien Leigh, Nancie B. Marsland, Laurence Olivier, Charles Prescott, Howard Stark, Wesley Addy, William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Robert Busch, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Halliwell Hobbes, Barbara Horder, Ted Huish, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox, Charles Martin, Jack Merivale, Nan Merriman, Edmond O'Brien, Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton L. Stevens, John Straub, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, Dame May Whitty, Cornel Wilde
Director
Laurence Olivier
Producer
Laurence Olivier
Scenic Design
Motley
Costume Design
Motley
Lighting Design
Robert Edmond Jones

1951 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Broadhurst Theatre
Opening Night
Mar 10, 1951
Total Performances
49
Original Cast
Olivia de Havilland, Isobel Elsom, Jack Hawkins, James Hayter, Malcolm Keen, Evelyn Varden, Douglas Watson, Dario Barri, Fran Benton, Rudy Bond, Robert Burr, Robert Duke, Marshall Flaum, Jack Fletcher, Alan Furlan, Paul Genge, Russell Gold, James Greene, Carl Harbord, Michael Higgins, Page Johnson, Buck Kartalian, Karl Light, John McKee, Gregory Morton, Felice Orlandi, Dorothy Patten, John Perkins, Gerald Price, Jo Rabb, Evangeline Raleigh, John Rallo, Herbert Ranson, Patricia Roe, William Smithers, Susan Svetlik, Fred Vogel
Director
Peter Glenville
Producer
Dwight Deere Wiman
Scenic Design
Oliver Messel
Costume Design
Oliver Messel

1956 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 24, 1956
Total Performances
29
Original Cast
Ronald Allen, Claire Bloom, Peter Bowles, Jeremy Brett, Graeme Campbell, Wynne Clark, Juliet Cooke, Margaret Courtenay, Charles Gray, John Greenwood, Jack Gwillim, Ernest Hare, Edward Harvey, Denis Holmes, Sally Home, Donald Homer, Marion Hood, Fraser Kerr, Tom Kneebone, Aubrey Morris, Daniel Moynihan, Peter Needham, John Neville, Derek New, Timothy Parkes, Alan Penn, Bryan Pringle, Paul Rogers, Job Stewart, Keith Taylor, James Villiers, Charles West, Jennifer Wilson, John Woodvine, Richard Wordsworth
Director
Robert Helpmann
Producer
Old Vic Trust, Ltd. and Arts Council of Great Britain
Scenic Design
Loudon Sainthill
Costume Design
Loudon Sainthill

1962 Broadway Revival

Theatre
City Center
Opening Night
Feb 13, 1962
Original Cast
Edward Atienza, Rosalind Atkinson, Peter Baldwin, Linda Brandham, John Broster, Michael Graham Cox, Julian Curry, Joanna Dunham, Peter Forest, John Harwood, Elric Hooper, George Howe, Oswald Laurence, Martin Lawton, Fiona Leland, Sarah Long, Dan MacDonald, Michael Martin, Michael Meacham, Michael Pemberton, John Quentin, Malcom Reid, Peter Rocca, Diana Scougall, Job Stewart, John Stride, Irene Sutcliffe, Andre Van Gyseghem, John Wackett, Victoria Watts, Tim Wylton
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Choreographer
Pirmin Trecu
Scenic Design
Franco Zeffirelli
Costume Design
Peter J. Hall

1977 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Circle in the Square Theatre
Opening Night
Mar 17, 1977
Total Performances
77
Original Cast
Pamela Payton-Wright, Paul Rudd, Jack Gwillim, Jan Miner, Lester Rawlins, David Rounds, Armand Assante, Daniel Ben-Zali, Jim Broaddus, Mark Cohen, Michael Forella, Erik Fredricksen, Richard Greene, Helen Harrelson, Delphi Harrington, K. C. Kelly, Tom Klunis, Dennis Lipscomb, Ruth Livingston, Christopher Loomis, Dennis Patella, Lisa Pelikan, Jennifer Savidge, John V. Shea, Peter Van Norden, Ray Wise
Director
Theodore Mann
Producer
Circle in the Square
Scenic Design
Ming Cho Lee
Costume Design
John Conklin
Lighting Design
Thomas Skelton

1986 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Belasco Theatre
Opening Night
Nov 12, 1986
Original Cast
Arnold Bankston III, Christian Baskous, Deborah Bremer, Rocky Carroll, Ivonne Coll, Keith David, Mariye Inouye, Jeffery Logan, Jordan Lund, Judith Moreland, Rene Moreno, James Puig, Mac Randall, Michael Rivera, René Rivera, Regina Taylor, Ching Valdes-Aran
Director
Estelle Parsons
Producer
Joseph Papp
Scenic Design
Loren Sherman
Costume Design
Ruth Morley
Lighting Design
Victor En Yu Tan

2013 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Opening Night
Sep 19, 2013
Total Performances
93
Original Cast
Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad, Christian Camargo, Brent Carver, Chuck Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, Donté Bonner, Joe Carroll, Justin Guarini, Don Guillory, Corey Hawkins, Sheria Irving, Maurice Jones, Conrad Kemp, Geoffrey Owens, Spencer Plachy, Michael Rudko, Roslyn Ruff, Tracy Sallows, Thomas Schall, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Nance Williamson
Director
David Leveaux
Producer
Susan Bristow LLC, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Merritt Forrest Baer, Paula Marie Black, Stephen C. Byrd, Alia Jones Harvey, Jon B. Platt and Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley
Scenic Design
Jesse Poleshuck
Costume Design
Fabio Toblini
Lighting Design
David Weiner
Sound Design
David Van Tieghem

2024 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Circle in the Square Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 24, 2024
Original Cast
Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler, Gabby Beans, Tommy Dorfman, Nihar Duvvuri, Sola Fadiran, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Taheen Modak, Jasai Chase Ownes, Gían Pérez
Director
Sam Gold
Composer
Jack Antonoff
Choreographer
Sonya Tayeh
Producer
Seaview
Scenic Design
dots
Costume Design
Enver Chakartash
Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd
Sound Design
Cody Spencer

1936 Film Version

Movie Name
Romeo and Juliet
Type
Hollywood Feature Film
Director
George Cukor
Screenplay
Talbot Jennings
Starring
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore

1968 Film Version

Movie Name
Romeo and Juliet
Type
Hollywood Feature Film
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay
Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli
Starring
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert Stephens, Michael York

1996 Film Version

Movie Name
Romeo + Juliet
Type
Hollywood Feature Film
Director
Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay
Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd, Miriam Margolyes

2013 Film Version

Movie Name
Romeo and Juliet
Type
Hollywood Feature Film
Director
Carlo Carlei
Screenplay
Julian Fellowes
Starring
Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis

1962 Theatre World Award Nominations

John Stride

1951 Theatre World Award Nominations

William Smithers

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