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Romeo & Juliet: A Story of Woe, Served with a Twist

★★★★☆ "Wolf Play" playwright Hansol Jung offers a piquant new take on Shakespeare's tragedy.

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Romeo & Juliet: A Story of Woe, Served with a Twist

By Elysa Gardner | May 14, 2023

At first blush, the new production of Romeo & Juliet that just opened at Classic Stage Company—presented by the National Asian American Theatre Company in partnership with Two River Theater—promises to deliver, if not a similarly revisionist take, then one with a decided satirical bent and supersized doses of comic relief.