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Shakespeare's R&J

Four young prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary their strictly regimented lives. After school, one breaks out a copy of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juiliet and they all take turns reading the play aloud. The Bard's words thrill the boys as they are sweept away by the classic tale. The rigidity of their lives begins to parallel the lives of the characters in the play: roles in the family, roles in society and the roles played by men and women, soon seem to make all the sense in the world, or do they? Perceptions are turned upside down, as the fun of play acting turns serious and the meaning of the words begin to hit home to reveal universal truths.
"Shakespeare's R&J, a vibrant, hot-blooded new adaptation of Romeo and Juilietpulsates with an adolescent abandon and electricity of which Romeo himself might approve." -NY Times.