Romeo + Juliet review – maximalist Broadway reinvention goes too far
More often than not, it irks, like an overly enthusiastic theater teacher straining to get equally enthusiastic kids interested in the classics via whatever means necessary, be it overt eroticism, Doc Martens, a couple of mid original pop songs by Antonoff, or the jarring presence of the TikTok binge drinking phenomenon known as a Borg (Blackout Rage Gallon).
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