Comparison Between William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

On Saturday, October 21st I saw Romeo and Juliet. It was supposed to be a play, but it seemed more like a musical. The plays started out with a musical number and then went to a fight scene. The fighting was so fake it was almost comical. Next, Romeo went to the Masquerade ball looking for Rosaline. At the ball, he met Juliet and fell in love. The two ended up getting married. After the wedding, there is another fight. Tybalt and Mercutio are fighting and Romeo steps in and ends up killing Tybalt (related to Juliet). Juliet is torn because she loves Romeo but also is sad over losing Tybalt. Juliet’s dad recommends that Juliet marry Paris and this makes Juliet even sadder. Juliet goes to see the friar and he comes up with a plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet. Juliet takes a sleeping potion. Her parents think she is dead so they take her to the tomb. Romeo ends up finding Juliet in the tomb and he thinks she is dead so he

I didn’t like the singing and I think that at times it overpowered and overshadowed the acting. For example, at times the music was so loud you couldn’t hear the actors speaking. Additionally, I did not like the costumes. Half of the characters were dress in “ancient” clothes while the other half was dressed in “modern” clothes. I think the director did this to distinguish between the Montagues and Capulets. Overall, it seemed like the director tried to modernize the play a little bit, and I did not like this decision. In general, I think the lighting was good. It was not memorable, but it wasn’t bad. One interesting design element was the stage setup. On stage, there was an elevated stage (think platform on stilts). On this elevated stage was a band. The band also doubled as actors that would step down on to the real stage when they had lines. It sort of seemed like they didn’t have enough people to put on this show so everyone had to do multiple things (play music and